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• Difficult Behaviors and Anxiety: Tantrums and Meltdowns
  Anxiety in children can manifest itself in a variety of ways because it’s based on how each child encounters her own personal fears or stressful triggers. While some children may become extremely quiet and withdrawn, others may have tantrums or meltdowns when they encounter anxiety-provoking situations. Tantrums are abrupt, intense and often unpredictable episodes of […]
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• The Rise of Anxiety in Teens: How Did We Get Here?
  Research indicates that the rates of anxiety and depression among teens in America have been rising over the past fifty to seventy years. In fact, some assessments reveal a startling five to eight times as many high school and college students who meet the criteria for major depression and/or an anxiety disorder diagnosis, as was met half […]
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• Skin Picking Disorder: Making Sense of this Poorly Understood Problem
  Skin Picking (Excoriation) Disorder (SPD), otherwise known medically as dermatillomania, can often be a serious problem. But, interestingly enough, there’s not much awareness about the condition, and those who suffer from it often feel ashamed or embarrassed to bring it up. Characteristics of Dermatillomania (Skin Picking) Those dealing with dermatillomania or SPD can be dealing with […]
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• 5 Reasons Your Child May be Stuck in Anxiety
  We get anxious and worried frequently in the normal course of life. Most of the time we don’t even remember it. It comes, it goes, it is just part of life. But when anxiety gets stuck or escalates to the point it interferes with life what has happened? Think of the function of fear. It […]
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