YOU are your child’s best advocate, and I am here to provide empowerment and knowledge for you, as parents. Please proceed with caution before considering antidepressant drugs for your child. Your children’s brains are still developing, and there is only a limited amount of research on the use of antidepressants in youth. Talk therapy (Cognitive…
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Are Russian internet communities responsible for wave of child suicides? For several days recently, Russian media outlets, one after another, ran sensational investigative reports about social network communities that allegedly push children to suicide. RBTH explains what we know so far about the activities of these groups. On May 16 the liberal Russian newspaper Novaya…
Danielle Forshee, Psy.D, LCSW was interviewed and quoted in the following article for her expert opinion on the subject of teens, mental health and self harm. Original post by Alisha Kirby cabinetreport.com One in every five students in grades nine and 11 seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, according to the results of…