“Back in my day…” may be an all too familiar phrase when it comes to dealing with the issues that now face today’s youth. Everything from technology to social interaction has changed in the past decade and most so in the the past 30 or 40 years. Things…
If you take a good hard look at your kid, it’s easy to interpret their behavior as just looking for drama. But is it only just that? To answer one of the most important questions in psychology, many experts in teen rehab and pedagogy have touched the subject over…
All of us who have kids seem to get more and more worried when we hear news about risky behavior by teens and college students. Everything would make sense if these were individuals in difficult situations. What scares us the most is that these are stories of smart…
During the teenage period, lots of children come to contact with substances, legal or otherwise. You can’t monitor your children 24-7, so contact with such things is inevitable. Before you think about teen rehab or teen group therapy, it’s important to know how to assess the severity of…
Smartphones affect teenagers more than mere addiction to these devices. In this article, we will discuss the detrimental effects smartphones have on our teenagers. Some of these effects can exacerbate existing problems. To prevent this from happening, book an appointment at Insight Substance Abuse Treatment Center. We deal…
Depression is by far the most widespread mental illness in the world. According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, about 5% of all teens and children are afflicted by the ailment at any one time. Teens, on the off-hand, are misunderstood for being moody and…
The relationship between depression and substance abuse is very confusing. For a lot of experts, it’s one of the most controversial subjects currently in discussion. While some experts will argue to the moon and back that depression does not cause substance abuse; rather, that substance abuse leads to depression,…
A teen treatment program should be exactly that: a program that treats teens. It should treat teens as the people they are. That means that it has to be a program for teens. It shouldn’t be one that’s made for adults with some of the words changed. By…
Teenagers are often seen as naturally moody and ill-disciplined, doing the wrong thing at the wrong time and sometimes annoying everyone around them. While your teenager may have started out in this stereotypical role, over time you may have started to notice more worrying signs, indications that your…
When you need teen help in Sherman Oaks with addiction or other struggles, it can be hard to know where to turn. Sure, there may be many different places available for treatment. However, not many of them specifically treat teens. Some may say they do, but then they…
