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Link – Treating Teens’ Depression May Make Parents Happier, Too
The study doesn’t provide answers as to why parents mental health issues improve when the kids get treatment, but I think this makes a lot of sense: “Relationships are reciprocal,” says Laura Mufson, the associate director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University, who was not involved in the study. “If…
Link – The sooner the better – help children and young people manage emotional wellbeing
This is one approach to the large problem I was talking about earlier this week. Getting emotional support and mental heath resources to people at a young age would help them need it less as adults. “Easing the pressures on children and young people by teaching them how to manage their emotional wellbeing should be…
Link – Suicide Survivors and How They Coped – Suicide Prevention and Help
This is really interesting. We should spend some time looking at the people who didn’t go through with it, and why. But some stories about suicide are hopeful: For every person who dies by suicide each year, another 280 people think seriously about suicide but do not kill themselves, according to data from the CDC…
Link – 8 Common Myths About Children, Teenagers And Mental Health Debunked
I can’t help but get frustrated when this is still the most popular myth we have to start articles like this with – “Myth: Mental health treatment is a sign of weakness. My kids will get over it.” There’s more where that came from. Please, if you don’t understand mental health issues among kids, go…