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What is the Choking Game?

in Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parenting / Teen Peer Groups / Teen self-esteem / Uncategorized  by Lindsey Leason 0 comments

By Beverly Reyes ACS Outpatient Counseling Services Intern Source: http://tweenparenting.about.com/od/healthfitness/f/ChokingGame.htm Question: What is the Choking Game? Answer: The choking game is a dangerous practice of tweens and teens in which they self-strangulate in order to achieve a brief high. The high is the result of oxygen rushing back to the brain after it’s cut off by the practice of strangulation. […]

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A Parent’s Guide to Teen Depression

in Behavioral Norms / Depression / Mental Health / Parent Tips / Parenting  by Lindsey Leason 0 comments

Source: http://www.pamfblog.org/ Meg Durbin, M.D. a board-certified internist and pediatrician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Although being moody and irritable is often normal for teenagers, depression is not simply a side effect of growing up. Depression is a serious medical condition that affects approximately one in five teens before they reach adulthood and is the leading […]

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Part 2: Inside the Mind of a Youth Facing Depression: Recovery

in Depression / Mental Health / Teen Therapy  by Lindsey Leason 0 comments

image: Laura Smith “How Fun” Continuation of “Part 1:Inside the Mind of a Youth Facing Depression” Note: This essay was authored by a local student to document a personal experience with depression. The writer, with parental support, was able to access professional help. Significantly, the author felt they could not share this experience openly, fearing […]

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Part 1:Inside the Mind of a Youth Facing  Depression

in Depression / Mental Health / Stigma  by Lindsey Leason 0 comments

image: Carlos Perez “Teen Dreams” Note:This essay was authored by a local student to document a personal experience with depression. The writer, with parental support, was able to access professional help. Significantly, the author felt they could not share this experience openly, fearing stigma.   I don’t know how it started, or how it took over […]

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Conference on adolescent mental health & addiction – Menlo Park, 2/28, 9am-3:30pm

in Depression / Drugs & Alcohol / Mental Health / mental illness / Parent Education Session / Parent Tips / Sexuality / Upcoming Events  by Aarika Riddle 0 comments

Adolescent Counseling Services‘ Executive Director, Philippe Rey, Psy.D., will be a keynote speaker at Parenting Teens Through the Challenges of Life: A conference on adolescent health and addiction. This conference will help you understand what adolescents deal with and provide information on helpful resources. The keynotes and afternoon workshops, led by experts in their fields, will discuss […]

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Outlet Program hosts FREE movie night: “Gunn Hill Road”

in Gender / Gender identity / LGBTQ Cinema / LGBTQ Issues  by Lindsey Leason 0 comments

image: Joakim Wahlander “Popcorn” By: Dafne Luna Outlet Program Coordinator Films are an amazing tool for creating community. Films allow people of diverse backgrounds to come together in one space and indulge in one shared experience.  Movie nights for Outlet are important for this reason.  We provide a safe and open space for LGBTQQ youth and their […]

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