Is There a Youth Mental Health Crisis?

The data is compelling that there is a Youth Mental Health Crisis. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), The World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and professional organizations like the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American Psychological Association all agree that children and high…

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TOURETTE’S DISORDER AND TICS

• Tics are uncontrolled body movements or vocal utterances • Tics are most common in children with an estimated 20% of kids experiencing transient tics that clear up on their own. Tics that last less than a year fall under the category of “Provisional Tic Disorder.” • Tics often improve with age and experts suspect…

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Managing Political Situations

A study published by the AP- NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago reported that 65 percent of adults need to limit their media consumption on the government and politics due to overload or fatigue. AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. “Most adults feel the need to limit political news consumption…

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