Youth Suicide Prevention: Conversations, Community, and Care
Teen suicide is one of the most challenging topics we face as a community, yet it’s crucial we address it head-on. Listen to this conversation with Stanford’s Shashank Joshi, MD and CHC’s Jennifer Leydecker, LMFT as we talk about youth Read more >>
Today’s teens face unprecedented pressure to excel academically, socially, and in extracurricular activities, contributing to rising rates of stress and mental health challenges among young people. This pressure stems from competitive college admissions, social media comparison culture, peers and unrealistic Read more >>
APA Recommendations for Healthy Teen Video Viewing [downloadable]
Psychologists and social scientists are studying how video content affects teenagers’ well-being. In recent years, the amount of video content and how easily teens can access it have grown rapidly. This report focuses on how watching videos affects teens. Read more >>
Trans Youth Equality Foundation [web resource]
The Trans Youth Equality Foundation provides education, advocacy and support for transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming children and youth and their families. Read more >>
A Practical Guide to Self-Care for Helping Professionals [downloadable]
Self-care for professionals is vital to the effectiveness of the services being provided. Helping professionals may not consider their own needs, or they may be preoccupied with their responsibilities. Read more >>
ADHD in Women and Girls: Why Female Symptoms Slip Through Diagnostic Cracks
Our approach to ADHD in women and girls has been broken for too long. To fix it, we must challenge everything we know about the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD today. Read more >>
The Cost of Caring: 10 Ways to Prevent Compassion Fatigue
Compassion fatigue is characterized by physical and emotional exhaustion and a profound decrease in the ability to empathize. It is a form of secondary traumatic stress, as the stress occurs as a result of helping or wanting to help those Read more >>
Self-Care for Mental Health Professionals
It’s well known that mental health professions are associated with burnout. That risk increases when the general population faces prolonged stress, psychotherapy is in higher demand, and students’ needs—both remote and in-person—are more taxing. Read more >>
Tips for Healthcare Professionals: Coping With Stress and Compassion Fatigue [downloadable]
As a healthcare professional, you may face stress on the job under usual conditions due to long shifts, competing responsibilities, and witnessing or hearing about difficult patient experiences. As a responder on the front lines, you may be noticing signs Read more >>
Although data exist to support the notion that physician self-care is correlated with patient care, the culture of medicine has traditionally valued the ideals of self-sacrifice and perfectionism — often to the detriment of clinicians themselves. Read more >>
