When you talk to providers and patients alike, you’ll find there are almost as many perspectives on the role of medication in mental health treatment as there are medication options. Using medication as part of
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, is an adaptation of cognitive behavior therapy, or CBT, that was initially developed to help people cope with borderline personality disorder (BPD). People with BPD often experience emotional extremes that
As a parent, you worry about your teen. You worry about whether they are getting along with friends at school, you worry about their grades, you worry about their future and what kind of adult
You’re sleeping all the time, very low energy, and pretty much nothing seems to hold your attention these days. You’re pretty sure you know what’s wrong, but have you found yourself wondering if it’s worth
When you’ve decided to enter residential mental health care, you’ll likely want to let your friends and family know where you’ll be and why. That said, it can feel intimidating to try to start a
Eating disorders are never just about food. They can be mentally all-consuming and destructive, taking up so much space in your life that you can lose connection to the things you enjoy—the things that allow
When it comes to mental health treatment, there is a spectrum of options for how you receive care. It’s a common cadence to receive once-a-week outpatient therapy sessions, but for more specialized or severe needs,
Your teenage years can be years of intense emotions, interpersonal struggles, and a lot of stress. Pressures from school, pressures from friends, and pressures from home all add up. When you’re a sensitive person, these
When you seek care for depression, you may think that all that is needed is a doctor to prescribe a pill, or someone to talk to once a week. While medication management and talk therapy
You may have found, when browsing the internet or reading up on mental health in a magazine, a discussion of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. With catchy acronyms like STOP, GIVE, or ABC PLEASE, and
While teenagers are capable of handling responsibilities and expectations that are more in line with adulthood than childhood, they are still growing. Treating depression in teenagers requires age-appropriate treatment; it’s important to actually reach teenagers
What if “depressed” is just how I am? When people experience long-term depression, it can start to feel permanent. I remember sitting across from my own therapist, years and years ago, and saying to her,
