Summer Activities that Promote Good Mental Health in Kids

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• Help for Kids Afraid of Throwing Up or Getting Sick: Part 2 Treatment – Exposure
  The effective way to help kids afraid of throwing up is two-fold. First, face the fear. That part of the treatment is called exposure. (Just so you know, contact with actual vomit or the act of vomiting is not a necessary part of exposure.) Second, don’t play it safe. That is called response prevention (preventing the […]
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• Living with an OCD Child: The danger of accommodation
  Kids with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) face intense worries and fears that are difficult to manage, and oftentimes accompanied by repetitive rituals that are tough to control. Unlike ordinary concerns or habits, these obsessions (thoughts) and compulsions (behaviors) may consume significant amounts of time, impair their daily functioning, and cause substantial distress. OCD affects approximately one […]
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• What are the Symptoms of Childhood Anxiety? Part 2
  In my previous post I focused on anxiety in general. In this post I am going to describe specific symptoms of childhood anxiety disorders and include some simple checklists to help parents narrow down what kind of anxiety their child may be experiencing. Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) Separation Anxiety is fear of being apart from […]
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• Healthy Marriages = Healthy, Happy Families!
  In this TV interview, Dr. Christopher McCarthy, co-creator of Turnaround: Turning Fear Into Freedom, discusses the importance of couples maintaining healthy relationships for the sake of the children. Studies show that children care more that their parents love each other than they love them as children. This is because children received a great deal of […]
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