teenager Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/teenager/ Interventions & Treatment Consulting Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:04:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://heatherhayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-HH_logo-32x32.png teenager Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/teenager/ 32 32 The Codependent Teen https://heatherhayes.com/the-codependent-teen/ Sun, 05 Dec 2021 05:05:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4707 “A codependent person is one who has let another person’s behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person’s behavior.” ― Melody Beattie Teenagers can often struggle with codependent relationships without their families noticing. Often, it is under the guise of an intense friendship or romantic relationship, which masks the fact that […]

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]]> The Appeal of Cults to Teens https://heatherhayes.com/the-appeal-of-cults-to-teens/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 04:05:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4673 We are witnessing a cultural predilection for joining or glorifying cults, particularly among our young people. While cults are not a new phenomenon, they have now infiltrated the mainstream and have even become fashionable. Today’s youth colloquially use the word cult to describe something cool and niche, such as cult films, cult classics, cult following, […]

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]]> National Emergency Declared in Children’s Mental Health https://heatherhayes.com/national-emergency-declared-in-childrens-mental-health/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 04:05:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4659 “This is a national emergency, and the time for swift and deliberate action is now.” – AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D. This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHP) declared a state of national emergency[1] in children’s mental health in […]

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]]> Cannabis and Psychosis https://heatherhayes.com/cannabis-and-psychosis/ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 04:01:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4114 “Psychosis is associated with more frequent and longer use of cannabis.” – Di Forti et al[1] After alcohol, marijuana is the most used psychotropic drug in America. In 2018, more than 11.8 million young adults reported marijuana use in the past year.[2]  Marijuana (also known as cannabis, weed, pot, dope, or grass) is the most widely used […]

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