Children

Suicide rates in teens have been steadily on the rise over the past two decades, and data from the 2021 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that approximately 22% of teens reported suicidal thoughts and 10% of teens reported doing something to try to end their life in the past 12 months.

A New Transdiagnostic Treatment Target for Child Anxiety: Independence
April 12, 2024
Camilo Ortiz, PhD and
Anne Marie Albano, PhD, ABPP and
Mary Karapetian Alvord, PhD and
Matthew Fastman, MS and
This roundtable of leaders in the field of child anxiety with the goal of discusses a refocusing of CBT on the construct of child independence to bring effective treatment to far more children, reduce clinician, parent, and child resistance to treatment, and increase effect sizes. IFT is described, and preliminary data on its effectiveness is presented. The role of resilience as an outcome of independence and a possible transdiagnostic mechanism in the treatment of child anxiety is also discussed. How to adapt independence activities for children who live in inner-city, rural, and suburban settings is discussed.
How to Identify Signs of Depression and Talk of Suicide in Teens
May 3, 2024
Ryan Brown, MD and
When a teen seems depressed or talks about suicide it can be hard to know what to do as a caregiver. In this webinar Dr. Ryan Brown shares tips and strategies to identify the signs of depression and address the risk of suicide in teens.
Activating the Environment: Practical tips For Caregivers to Enhance Care Coordination for Effective Treatment of Childhood Anxiety and OCD
June 4, 2024
Maya Massing-Schaffer, PhD and
Daniel Stone, PhD and
The InStride Health team discusses the importance of taking a systems-based approach to care, identify common challenges, and offes practical solutions. They also provide recommendations for how caregivers can facilitate “surround sound” for their child when working with the various adults in their child’s system.
As parents we don’t like or want to see our children struggling. But worries, fears and anxieties are a natural part of life, and we have to understand that children go through these processes just like adults do. But as parents and caregivers, we should also be in tune with the degree, severity, frequency, and nature of our children’s fears and worries and know when a child might need some help.
by Cara Bean
As a kid, mental health was a confusing mystery that no adult that I knew addressed with me. Coping skills, stress, anxiety, depression, and substance use all seemed like things to figure out on my own or with kids my own age who knew little more than I did.
Child and Adolescent Anxiety QA
February 29, 2024
Rachel Busman, PsyD and
Lynne Siqueland, PhD and