June 2024 - Page 9 of 20 - Beachside Teen Treatment Center

17 Jun

How Can A Therapist Help with Depression?

Although depression is a very serious mental health issue, only about 30% of those who suffer from it seek treatment. U.S. Olympic Swimming 28-time Medalist Michael Phelps was one of them. He now knows the value of how a therapist can help with depression. In an interview with CNN, Phelps…

17 Jun

How to Control Narcissistic Personality Disorder?

John works the room when he enters the party. He shares his fabulous stories of accomplishment and achievement expecting to be admired. He has a strong sense of self-importance and is preoccupied with his own success. John may be unfairly categorized as being vain and arrogant by those with whom…

17 Jun

What is Polysubstance Dependence?

“It’s funny. At first, I think you start getting high to dull your emotions, to escape from them. But after a while you realize that the drugs are what are making your life untenable, they are actually what are heightening every emotion you have. It’s making your heartbreak harder, your…

17 Jun

What are OCD symptoms?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a mental illness that deals with how the brain functions. Fear, worry and sometimes bad thoughts come into a teen’s brain and simply will not go away. No matter what a teen does to try to push them aside, they linger and fester. These thoughts are obsessions…

17 Jun

Does Your Teen Have Good Coping Mechanisms?

“One of life’s best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.” ~ Robert Fulgh Coping mechanisms are the strategies that teens use to manage stress, painful situations, difficult emotions, intrusive thoughts and to solve problems. As adults, most of us have developed coping mechanisms…