Beachside Teen Treatment Center

13 Apr

Deteriorating Mental Health Among Teens

By Dr. Judith Foster Teenagers today are vastly different than they were a generation ago, though adolescents have always been challenging the system’s norms set by the families and social structure. Alarmingly, today we can note how the mental health status of teenagers is deteriorating, as they have more pressures now.…
13 Apr

The Stigma of Mental Health Treatment

The Stigma of Mental Health Treatment Mental health stigma can be separated into two different categories. The first being social stigma which is defined by people who discriminate against others who have mental health issues because of a psychiatric diagnosis they may have received. This can take place in a…
13 Apr

Schizophrenia: Changing Attitudes

In centuries’ past, people did not understand, and maybe still don’t understand, mental illnesses. People in biblical times who may have suffered from mental illnesses like schizophrenia were thought to be possessed by demons or under punishment from God. During the middle ages, people with psychotic features were burned as…