Physical exercise has been shown to have significant benefits to mental health and wellbeing. One of the many benefits of exercise, is its help with depression. Developing good mental health and brain function as a teen is incredibly important to achieve overall well-being. A recent article by The Huffington Post discussed how promoting exercise in …
Mental illness is extremely common within our society, but people often forget that mental illness is something that effects both adults and youth. Due to the stigma of mental illness, many people do not openly discuss or understand the variety of common mental illnesses individuals struggle with. This lack of acknowledgment—which leads to a lack …
Studies Reveal Screen Violence Can Be Harmful for Youth With technology today, youth are being exposed to more and more violent and graphic images. Things that use to be considered “R rated” are now being exposed to children who are as young as 7 to 10 years old. Sex, violence, and death are just a …
The Rise of E-cigarettes and the Negative Effects of Teen Vaping When cigarettes were invented they were all the rage, everyone smoked frequently, and it was often uncommon to know someone who didn’t smoke. Smoking was a harmless social activity, and many people believed that cigarettes had added benefits—like weight loss and (ironically) throat protection …
Parenting Tips: Stress Management Techniques for Your Teens When you’re a teenager, you have absolutely no idea who you are. You’re in one of the many stages of your life, where you’re discovering what your interests are, how to be a good friend, or what having your heart broken feels like. These experiences or teenage …
Prince Williams Plea Against Cyberbullying in Teens Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, recently released a statement about cyberbullying in teens at the Founders Forum, a technology conference that took place last week. As a father of two, he urged the audience full of chairmen of Google and Twitter, to address the issues of cyberbullying in …
Is Depression “Contagious?”: Symptoms of Depression in Teens Many youth and adults today, do not have a great general understanding of mental illnesses. Some have no idea how mental illnesses develop, how to recognize symptoms or treatment options available. While mental illness is not contagious, symptoms of depression in teens and other forms of mental …
The ‘Cool’ Parent Parenting Styles Could Put Teens at Risk of Mental Health Issues The parenting styles parents choose to use with their kids varies depending on each parent’s personal experiences or values and how they were raised. Some parents choose to have strict rules and expectations, while others may be more relaxed about certain …
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It’s Not Just Girls: Boys Body Image Issues Within society we are regularly discussing the issues with body image in girls. The sexualized and demeaning way girls are treated because of media, the high number of eating disorders, and the detrimental mental health issues are all common issues that are argued to be caused by …
How The Brain Manages Teen Depression When you think about the human brain, you would assume that everyone’s brain would have the same basic operating system that tells you how to do simple functions. Breathing, eating, walking, and sleeping are frequent things that we never consider being possible because of our brain. These actions have …
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