Teen Loneliness - Ways to Help
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How do you support a teen who feels alone? Teen loneliness can have a devastating impact on their physical and mental health.
Ways to Help Your Lonely Teen is a direct response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2023 Advisory on loneliness (page 65), to help parents know how to combat loneliness in young people and foster well-being to prevent mental health problems down the road. Dr. Beresin elaborates on each of the Surgeon General’s 7 recommendations for parents, and provides actionable, practical advice to help families embrace these recommendations in everyday life.
Whether you need strategies to support an adolescent who is struggling, or want to help a younger child create healthy relationships early on, this guide is for you.
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Gene Beresin, MD, MA, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and clinical educator with more than 40 years of experience working with youth, has focused his career on prevention, early intervention, and treatment of teens and young adults. Dr. Beresin is often called upon by news media to weigh in on societal issues relevant to this vulnerable population, and has published numerous papers and chapters on a variety of topics, including mental health and media, eating disorders, personality disorders, and child and adolescent psychiatric treatments. Dr. Beresin is a regular contributing author to Psychology Today.
Dr. Beresin regularly interviews with media outlets including The New York Times, BBC News, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and NPR. He has consulted to television shows including ER and Law & Order: SVU, and the Emmy Award winning HBO children’s specials Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales (2000), Through a Child’s Eyes: September 11, 2001 (2003), and Classical Baby (2005).
Praise For ‘Ways To Help Your Lonely Teen’
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Isolation and loneliness feed on each other and make everything worse, including life itself. The younger you are, the deeper the hurt… We are surrounded by ways to be alone. Dr. Beresin gives us practical steps and advice about how we and our children can stay connected and thrive.”
– MARK VONNEGUT, MD
Pediatrician, Author of The Eden Express and The Heart of Caring: A Life in Pediatrics
Pediatrician, Author of The Eden Express and The Heart of Caring: A Life in Pediatrics
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…In clear and accessible language, Dr. Beresin helps us to understand the escalating crisis of loneliness among our youth, and the associated negative mental health impacts. Most importantly, he provides concrete, practical and evidence-based strategies for preventing and combatting loneliness among children, teens, and young adults. This book is a call to action and arms us with tools with which to respond.”
– ANNIE BREWSTER, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Founder and Executive Director, Health Story Collaborative
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Founder and Executive Director, Health Story Collaborative
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This is the book for all those concerned for our lonely young people… Inspired by hope and the belief in actions not just words, it packs a punch. After reading it, you will know how to make a difference, how to notice and tackle loneliness as early as possible.”
– PROFESSOR PAUL CRAWFORD
Director, Centre for Social Futures, Institute of Mental Health, United Kingdom, Project Lead, What’s Up With Everyone Mental Health Campaign
Director, Centre for Social Futures, Institute of Mental Health, United Kingdom, Project Lead, What’s Up With Everyone Mental Health Campaign
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