Aug 16, 2023 Losing Parents Early Impacts Kids' Mental Health, and Boys May Suffer More By Debbie Ausburn A recent long-term study conducted in Finland, which followed almost 1 million adults, has shed light on the impact of early-life...
Jul 26, 2023 We Need More Mental Health Infrastructure By Debbie Ausburn One of the drivers of the current lack of facilities for foster children is the lack of sufficient mental health care. According to the...
May 01, 2023 Suicide Attempts Among Children Rose During Pandemic By Debbie Ausburn The CDC recently updated its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report with statistics from its various Poison Control centers. This...
Mar 22, 2023 More Problems with “Hoteling” Troubled Youth By Debbie Ausburn There’s a harrowing story from Seattle about often-overlooked victims of the hoteling crisis, namely the social workers themselves. Most...
Jan 16, 2023 Are More Teens Giving Themselves Mental Health Diagnoses? By Debbie Ausburn An interesting new psychology article explores what we know about the rise in self-diagnosed mental illnesses on social media. To date,...
Sep 14, 2022 Are We Overmedicating Anxious and Depressed Teenagers? By Debbie Ausburn A recent investigative report raises the question of whether our mental health system prescribes to teenagers too many psychotropic...
Apr 09, 2022 Rising Student Anxiety May Be Fueled by Rising Adult Expectations By Debbie Ausburn The CDC last week released a study showing that teen depression and suicidal thoughts have risen by more than 40% in the last ten years....
Oct 13, 2021 Costs of School Shutdowns By Debbie Ausburn We are beginning to see the results of school lockdowns on our children, as research studies starting quantifying the results. Numerous...
Jun 15, 2021 Teen suicide attempts increased during pandemic lockdowns By Debbie Ausburn According to the CDC’s report issued last week, hospital visits for suspected suicide attempts skyrocketed during 2020. The rate for...
Jan 30, 2021 Treatment Center Sued After Teen Suicide By Debbie Ausburn A parent in Oregon has sued a psychiatric treatment center for her son’s suicide. The center admitted him after he expressed suicidal...
Sep 08, 2020 Responding to Suicidal Students By Debbie Ausburn This is National Suicide Prevention Week, and this year it comes amid reports of increased suicides and depression during the pandemic....