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Teens Talk About Cutting

By D'Arcy Lyness (Reviewer) — 2016

We get lots of emails, especially about our articles on cutting. Sometimes people tell us about the feelings and emotions that surround cutting. Others share their ideas on how they stopped. We decided to put some of these suggestions and comments on our site.

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By Mollycoddling Our Children, We’re Fueling Mental Illness In Teenagers

Of course we want to keep children safe. But exposure to normal stresses and strains is vital for their future wellbeing.

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Jonathan Haidt, Pamela Paresky
2019
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Structural Racism Is Taking a Toll on Children’s Mental Health

Racism and social inequality don’t just affect adults. Here's why they have a profound impact on the mental health of children of color.

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Kristen Rogers
2020
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Bella

How do you know when it’s time to take your autistic, bipolar twelve-year-old daughter to the psych ward?

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Edward Bradshaw
2017
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The Drama of the Gifted Child: Part 2

Childhood trauma has an effect on adult mental illness

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Marilyn Wedge
2018
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The Drama of the Gifted Child

The wisdom that Alice Miller shares with us in her famous book, The Drama of the Gifted Child, is something that every therapist who works with children revisits more often than we would like.

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Marilyn Wedge
2012
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Hearing Voices and Seeing Things

Hallucinations may occur as part of normal development or may be a sign that your child is struggling with some type of emotional problems.

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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Staff
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