Mental health touches all of us. This May, Mental Health Awareness Month, Charlottesville groups have can't-miss events to promote mental health.
Teenage mental health has worsened over the past 2 years. Here's why and what parents can do.
Psychologist Joseph Tan, PhD, cares for patients at our local family medicine clinics.
Your grandchild, niece, nephew, or student tells you they’re questioning their gender identity. How can you support them?
Kids are experiencing more anxiety, depression, and even suicidal feelings during the pandemic.
Teens can often be irritable, angst-filled, sensitive to criticism and want to sleep a lot. What separates “normal” teen expression from behavior parents should worry about?
Helping a sleepless tween figure out to manage stress, anxiety, and insomnia isn't easy. So I took my kid to see Dr. Way, who gave her a yoga prescription. My daughter learned to meditate, stretch, and take care of her worried thoughts. And now we're both less stressed. This is a story every parent should read.
Teens turn to cutting and other forms of self-harm to ease stress. Teen self-harm requires parents to help their kids cope. Dyan Aretakis of the UVA Teen & Young Adult Health Center offers tips on how to get started.
From airbrushed photos of fashion models to unnaturally muscular action figures, children and teens are constantly exposed to unrealistic images of what their bodies should look like. As a result, children as young as 5 and 6 could start to develop body image issues.
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