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Importance of Educating Adolescents about Mental Well-being in Schools X was only ten when he started feeling miserable all the time. He felt disconnected from other children and empty. He suffered alone and even switched schools, but that did not help. It was only when he was 14 that he told his mother what was going on. He was diagnosed with major depression and anxiety and was able to receive treatment. His story reveals the difficulty which young people experience when it comes to speaking out about their mental health issues. As problems related to psychological well-being often crop up during the early teenage and adolescence years, it is obvious that mental health education must begin during this age. Also, as teenagers spend most of their time in schools, it is palpable that mental health education must begin in schools. Many stigmas & misconceptions related to adolescent mental well being still exist in our society. The breaking down of stigma ...

How to Find out if Your Adolescent Offspring is Using Drugs or Alcohol Focus on their eyes.  After your adolescent child comes back home from a get together, pay attention to the adolescent’s eyes. If the eyes are red and heavy-lidded, with constricted pupils, it is a sign of the adolescent having used marijuana. If the pupils of the eyes are dilated, and if he or she is finding it hard to focus, he/she has most probably been drinking alcohol.  Sniff it out:  Engage in a head to head discussion with your adolescent. If the adolescent has been drinking alcohol or smoking, a foul smell shall emanate from her/his breath, hair, hands and clothes. An atypical stench coming out of his/her room (like tobacco smoke), use of incense sticks or air fresheners to disguise other smells, it’s important to find out what’s going on. Frequent Mood Fluctuations:  If your teenager is noisy, loathsome & panic-stricken at some times & gauche, tired & withdrawn...

Why being an adolescent is hard nowadays ? Adolescence is a phase of life which is saturated with energy, hope, life, joy, beauty, and passion.  Today, it is easy to judge the generation of teenagers as being oversensitive, having feelings of entitlement, and being mollycoddled and pampered too much.  What we fail to understand is the dynamics of their bio-psycho-social factors as they are faced with challenges, that determine their reactions and responses.   It's imperative to understand and being considerate of the common teenage issues that can have an effect on an individual's lifestyle, behavior, emotional, and psycho-social well-being. Some of these are: Continuous revelation & exposure : While accessing the internet, adolescents gain access to a perennial flow of knowledge and information. Though teenagers can opt out of using it, it would be like telling them to remain confined in a room during their high school days, which is not pragmatic to s...

Advice for Parents for them to monitor their Kid’s/Adolescent’s social media usage. Social media has become a Pre-dominant attribute of teenagers’ lives. Although parents may expect their young ones to spend their time in reality, the fact that social media shall is here and shall continue to prevail, remains.  Appreciatively, there are a few measures that parents can take to ensure that their children remain safe when they use social media. Here are a few steps that will help you protect your teen from the detrimental facets of social networking sites:   Define the fundamental regulations for usage of gadgets which the teens must adhere to:   Before you give your kids access to a computer, phone and social media accounts, set some   rules related to the content your adolescents can view.    Enable strict privacy settings wherever applicable: All the devices our kids use should have   strict privacy se...

How to deal with Mental Health Issues of Adolescents The most widespread psychological sicknesses among youth are fretfulness in addition to mood and behavioral disorders. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and panic disorder. Anxiety disorders are clinically significant when they interfere with important areas of functioning, such as school, work, or relationships with family and peers. They often occur in conjunction with depressive disorders or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and are associated with an increased risk of suicide. Physical symptoms are common for many anxiety disorders. Severe dysmenorrhea or chronic pelvic pain may be present in certain cases. Other symptoms include chest pains, palpitations, dizziness, syncope, nausea, vomiting, recurrent abdominal pain, as well as disturbances in sleep patterns, appetite and energy levels. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and posttraumatic stress ...