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02.25.2022
Celebrating BIPOC Mental Health Trailblazers
ADAA Executive Director Susan K. Gurley celebrates the mental health trailblazers within BIPOC communities.
Webinar
11.08.2021
Uncovering Effective CBT - Preventing and Treating Depression Among Youth
CBT has demonstrated to be effective for the prevention and treatment of depression in youth. However, CBT can differ in content with different presence and duration of treatment components. In order to improve the effects of CBT and to find out WHAT works best, it is important to identify (non-)effective components of CBT programs.
Blog post
10.12.2021
Active Witnessing: Guiding Kids of All Ages To Do the Right Thing
When our family (KM) recently moved, my children discovered that in each of their new schools’ peers were using racist, sexist, and homophobic remarks, something they had not previously experienced. My kids were woefully unprepared - and it turns out this is not unusual.
Webinar
08.12.2021
Cannabis: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Upcoming live webinar featuring Martin Paulus, PhD. A study of recent publications need to be considered when one decides to use cannabis or need to be balanced against potential beneficial effects of cannabis.
Blog post
08.11.2021
The Art and Science of Treating Depression in Autism: A Guest Blog Post from SPARK - Part 2
Thanks to research, we know more about depression in children and adults with autism than we used to. Whereas scientists have studied the rates of depression, risk factors, and ways to diagnose it in people on the spectrum, we know far less about how treatments traditionally used on the general population work for those with autism.
Blog post
08.11.2021
Diagnosing Depression in People with Autism: A Guest Blog Post from SPARK - Part 1
As a young child with autism, Ben had trouble putting his feelings into words, except when he was angry. During one outburst, he told his mother he didn’t want to live. Although she took him to mental health providers, they focused on treating him for anxiety, rather than depression.
Webinar
07.22.2021
Building Resilience: How Families Can Prepare for the Uncertain School Year Ahead
Our goal is to show how building resilience can ease the transition back to school this fall and help your children thrive despite the uncertainties and changes they will face. The panelists, a child and adolescent psychologist, a pediatrician and an adult psychiatrist discuss practical and evidence-based skills that parents can encourage in their kids as they move forward into a new school year.
Blog post
07.19.2021
Returning Safely to In-Person Learning
One of the biggest adversities children have faced in quarantine is social isolation from their peers. Schooling and extracurricular activities associated with long-term education plans were the first to go during the shutdown, as the highest priority was to protect children from the spread of the virus. While necessary for the safety of the public, this has shown to have devastating effects on pediatric mental health.
Blog post
07.06.2021
An Update on LGBTQ Youth’s Mental Health
According to the latest mental health statistics from the Trevor Project’s 2021 Youth Mental Health National Survey, 42% of LGBTQ youth reported that they seriously contemplated suicide during the pandemic. Additionally, these youth experienced elevated rates of anxiety and depression due to social isolation as many were unable to further their gender and sexual identity development and expression due to a lack of accepting and affirming environments that were open during the pandemic.
Blog post
07.06.2021
An Update on LGBTQ Youth’s Mental Health (Professionals)
According to the latest mental health statistics from the Trevor Project’s 2021 Youth Mental Health National Survey, 42% of LGBTQ youth reported that they seriously contemplated suicide during the pandemic. Additionally, these youth experienced elevated rates of anxiety and depression due to social isolation as many were unable to further their gender and sexual identity development and expression due to a lack of accepting and affirming environments that were open during the pandemic.
Blog post
04.26.2021
Autism and Anxiety Disorders: Part Two: Diagnosing and Treating Anxiety in People with Autism
April is world autism awareness month, and so there is no better time to bring to light not only the challenges associated with autism, but also the most common conditions that impact this community.
Blog post
04.15.2021
Autism and Anxiety Disorders: Part 1 - A Guest Blog Post from SPARK
Anxiety is one of the most common mental health disorders affecting those on the autism spectrum. Anxiety can cause extreme fear, dread, sweating, restlessness, and even chest pain. “A lot of us do experience anxiety, and we struggle with it in our own ways,” says Jairo E.
