Mindshift is an app for iOS and Android that can help you with anxiety and depression symptoms. While an app is not a replacement for therapy, it can help between sessions to ease your mind and help manage your triggers. Helping adolescents manage their symptoms between sessions is very helpful to their care overall.
Has your child ever seen or received a social media post that they (or you) found to be hurtful, offensive, or just… not cool? Here are ready-to-use images that can be posted as a reply from thatsnotcool.com. There are also other “call out cards” that can be sent if someone is messaging, calling, texting, or emailing your child too much.
Would your child use these “call out cards”? Let us know in the comments!
We’ve all heard about how exercise can help reduce depressive and anxiety symptoms. However, despite knowing how much it can help, it can still be difficult to find the motivation to get off the couch, let alone to get the body moving!
We have written about mindfulness before, but how can you and your child practice it everyday?
Your child just applied for a summer job at a small independent toy store. They called him yesterday and asked if he can come in for a short interview today with the manager. He acted excited leaving the house for the interview. He just texted you:
About to go in. Mom, I’m so nervous! What do I do??
What can you tell your son?
Every day we experience emotions and sometimes they take our bodies and minds into directions we hadn’t planned to go. But they are part of being a human. So what can we do? Luckily there are some tools you can show your child and together, you can use these tools to help regulate these emotions.
Continue reading How your child can use mindfulness every day: Part 1
There is a bracelet that I wear everyday that reads, “You are enough.” Anytime I am feeling down or worry that I am going to fall back into the darkness, I just look down, read my bracelet and breathe.
You, reading this right now, are enough.
Never ever forget that.
Remember that you are not alone. Continue reading Let’s Keep Talking
National Alliance of Mental Illness: What families need to know about Adolescent Depression
Extensive list of links and resources from the STAR Center (one of the five National Technical Assistance Centers funded by SAMHSA to support mental health systems transformation)
A neat way to track mood by daily text message
A search and rating system for web resources for mental health
An online community for young adults with mental illness from NAMI
Many parents are concerned about cyberbullying or communicating false, embarrassing, or hostile information online.
Some differences between bullying and cyberbullying are that cyberbullying:
Unfortunately, cyberbullying is very common.
It’s a big word, and something no one wants to experience, especially from their health care provider. It might be even worse if it comes from your mental health care provider (e.g., therapist, counselor, psychiatrist). However, we want to assure you that your therapist or psychiatrist are not in their field to judge you or your adolescent. They are not there to make you or your child feel shameful about what you’re going through. ![IMG_6624[1]](https://wisesova.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_66241-300x114.png)
Hello! So before I get into my topic about adolescence, I’m just going to introduce myself and give you a little bit of a background of where I’m coming from.
I am an 18 year old gay male, currently living in the Pittsburgh area. I grew up in a smaller town on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, and my graduating class was less than 100 people. I tend to be pretty liberal, and in the future I want to help victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault. So that’s me in a nutshell!
According to an article published on Psychcentral.com there are many positive health benefits to keeping a journal and writing in it at least once a day. For example, previous research findings support the idea that a healthy cycle of journaling strengthens immune cells- the cells involved in defending our body against diseases- and even helps to decrease symptoms of asthma.
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A few of the noted benefits from the article include:
