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Treating Teen Depression


Teen depressions a serious problem that affects every area of a teen’s life and is just not limited to melancholy or bad moods.

Teen depression has become very common nowadays because of the lifestyle changes This depression can have serious after effects if left untreated. In some cases it could also lead to suicide. It is unfortunate that more than going undetected it goes unacknowledged. People find it easier to feign ignorance about the situation than do something about it. Continue reading “Treating Teen Depression” →

Risk Factors of Teenage Depression


Parents and guardians must treat teen depression as an alarm signal when they find that their child’s personality and sense of self is being negatively influenced by angst, sadness and despair. Ideally a teen should be able to feel confident and balanced even when there are some slightly stressful or difficult situations at home, school or anywhere outside. When they seem to have given up on handling some situations, parents should check if the teen is showing signs of teen depression. If left unchecked or untreated it could lead several personality disorders and mental disorders. In severe cases, suicides may occur. Continue reading “Risk Factors of Teenage Depression” →

Understanding Teenage Psychology to Tackle Teen Depression


Parents should understand that when their children reach teenage, they may face a few problems. As a parent, you may also get upset due to the problems faced by your teens but, you should not forget that your teens may also be equally upset, if not more, because experts consider that this is a transitional phase. Certain physical changes and developments are bound to happen during teenage and this may add to the frustration of your teens. Parenting involves understanding teen psychology also so that you can help solve problems like teen depression, frustration, anxiety, etc. that may be faced by your teens. Continue reading “Understanding Teenage Psychology to Tackle Teen Depression” →

Understanding and Treating Children with Anxiety


Everyone of us may experience anxiety, that is an emotional state, at some point or the other during our life. This is quite normal because it is very much related to fear that we all experience. The emotion of fear is absolutely normal and can be considered essential also because we may face certain situations during which we should necessarily fear so as to have protection from potential dangers. But, we all assume that the emotion of fear is quite uncommon in children and therefore, children with anxiety are also not very common. Continue reading “Understanding and Treating Children with Anxiety” →

Psychological Problems Leading to Depression Faced by Teenagers


If parents think that they may face a lot of challenges when their children grow into teenagers, this thought is completely justified because children at their teenage may try to find their individual identities but, at the same time, may depend upon their parents for their basic needs. This may create conflicts that may ultimately result in teen depression or teen anxiety. Teenagers may have a sense of confusion also because they may have faced fluid relationships, their self-awareness may not be complete or they may have experienced even broken trust. It is imperative that parents should adopt patience and may need to adopt special ways for dealing with the problems of their teens. Continue reading “Psychological Problems Leading to Depression Faced by Teenagers” →

Recognizing Generalized Anxiety Disorder


Do you ever feel anxious for no reason? Do you expect trouble on starting some new work or when meeting someone new? How often do you feel so?

While anxiety is common and serves its purpose of making a person vigilant and aware in order to avoid things going wrong, it can interfere adversely with your life if not kept in check. Continue reading “Recognizing Generalized Anxiety Disorder” →

Ways to Save a Failing Marriage


It is disheartening to note that the number of failed marriages has been increasing in recent times. It is important to know that through couples counseling, marriages can be saved. The techniques used in the process will be couple-specific because unless a collaborative alliance is developed with each of the partners, they may not yield results. Both the partners should support this process that is nothing but a relationship-focused therapy. This therapy mainly involves empathy because the experiences and more specially, emotional experiences of both the partners should be validated. Continue reading “Ways to Save a Failing Marriage” →

How You Can Help Your Child Deal with Anxiety


When there are stressful situations, the immediate response of people is to become anxious. Teenagers also face stressful situations and they also worry a lot. Teen anxiety is a huge problem faced by parents. If teenagers are affected by this problem, their performance in studies and in their daily activities may come down. Their health may also deteriorate.  Continue reading “How You Can Help Your Child Deal with Anxiety” →