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What To Look For in Inpatient Mental Health Facilities For Teens

What To Look For in Inpatient Mental Health Facilities For Teens

Teens and adolescents face increasing mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, substance use, and rising suicide rates, which tripled for ages 10 to 14 from 2007 through 2018. The CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) revealed that in 2023, 40% of high school students stopped doing their usual activities

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Group Activities For Adolescent Mental Health

Group Activities For Adolescent Mental Health

Physical, emotional, and mental growth happens faster during adolescence than any other stage of life, and staying connected to your teen’s mental health is very important at this age. In fact, a CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) report from 2023 showed that 40% of students had persistent feelings

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How Social Media Affects Mental Health in Teens

How Social Media Affects Mental Health in Teens

The relationship between social media and mental health for teens can be complex, and how social media affects mental health in teens is often discussed. Well-known social psychologist Jonathan Haidt was quoted as saying “Gen Z became the first generation in history to go through puberty with a portal in

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What is Acute Mental Health Treatment for Teens?

What is Acute Mental Health Treatment for Teens?

In 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General put out an advisory on an urgent public health issue–youth mental health.  The data from 2019 showed that one in three high school students had reported “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness,” a 40% increase from just 10 years before. In 2022, among adolescents

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A woman struggles with healing fatigue.

What is Healing Fatigue and How Do We Overcome It?

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to see healing from an illness, injury, emotional pain, or mental disorder as a straightforward journey—kind of like running a marathon without a finish line in sight. When you feel like you’ve made significant progress, you hit that frustrating plateau of fatigue. So, what

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A healthy meal

Benefits of Eating Healthy in Recovery

Recovering from addiction or mental health challenges is a transformative journey that extends beyond simply breaking old habits. It’s a joyful embrace of a lifestyle that nurtures long-term wellness, mental clarity, and emotional stability. A fantastic way to support this uplifting process is through healthy nutrition. At Willow Hills Wellness,

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