The Family Center for Recovery also treats Adolescents dealing with substance abuse and mental health disorders in South Florida.
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a condition with behavioral symptoms such as hyperactivity, inattentiveness and impulsive actions. Symptoms of this disorder can be noticed at an early age when children start their schooling phase. Majority of such cases get diagnosed between the ages of six and twelve. Symptoms do improve as children grow older…
Eating Disorders in Males vs Females In the past, it was fairly common to come across teenage girls with eating disorders and as a result, body image was often discussed with young women, whereas teenage boys were seldom considered in these types of situations and the dialogue was seldom opened with them. Research has recently…
Parenting can be challenging even in the best of times. When your child seems to be unhappy, irritable, or otherwise out-of-sorts, however, your job as a parent can sometimes seem impossible. If you’re like many parents, you may assume that these mood changes or alterations in demeanor are simply a “phase” or the result of…
There was a time when parents had few resources to help them address a child’s substance abuse problems. Previous generations often dealt with these concerns in secret, fearful of the public scorn that could arise were others to learn about their “family secret.” Thankfully, things are different now, as teen drug abuse and addiction are…
Parents are often confronted with difficult choices at different points in a teen’s life, but few are more difficult than the types of decisions that must be made when that child is suffering from substance abuse or other severe behavioral problems. Yes, there are a wide range of options available to treat these children, ranging…
What To Do if Your Teen Has Been Self-Harming or Cutting When you’re standing in line at a fast food restaurant with your daughter and you get your first glimpse of the scabbed over lines peeking from the cuff of her shirt sleeve, the bottom drops out of your whole world. In that first moment you…
It’s almost difficult to remember a time when pornography was not seemingly everywhere, but that was actually the case just a few generations ago. Of course, there were pornographic magazines and small, nondescript theaters even then, but pornographic materials were not something that the average person could just stumble across without warning. Those who encountered…
Substance abuse and addiction continue to be among the most pressing health concerns confronting today’s young people. Across the United States, millions of parents struggle with the challenge of teen addiction, and those problems don’t always conform to adult expectations of drug abuse trends. Across America, teens between the ages of 12 to 17 make…
Reasons Why Adolescents Will Self-Harm Teen cutting is a serious problem that has grown worse in the recent years. Approximately 10 percent of young people in the U.S. intentionally hurt themselves. The predisposition to harm starts in puberty, but episodes of self-harm can happen as early as 6 years old. On Facebook and YouTube and…
Teens experiment with drugs for all kinds of reasons. It is key to understand though, that experimentation doesn’t always mean they will become addicted to the substance(s). Research has shown that most high school students have used an illicit substance one time at least. 1 in 5 of those kids will become an addict—so there is…