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Bullying is not ‘boys being boys’

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Focus Adolescent Services
Tyler Long

Often people dismiss bullying as a normal part of growing up. But bullying is cruel and harmful. It’s not normal healthy behavior. It’s not ‘boys being boys’. Being bullied can lead young people to feel anxious, depressed, and afraid. Most …

Posted in Behavior Problems, Mental Health Issues | Tagged bullying, bullying schargel

Child Abuse & Neglect: The Meaning and Effects of Child Maltreatment

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Focus Adolescent Services
Sexual abuse

Fire can warm or consume, water can quench or drown, wind can caress or cut. And so it is with human relationships; we can both create and destroy, nurture and terrorize, traumatize and heal each other. ― Bruce D. Perry An …

Posted in Behavior Problems, Mental Health Issues | Tagged emotional abuse, hotlines, sexual abuse

What is a Personality Disorder?

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Focus Adolescent Services
Personality Disorder

The character of a person is shown through his or her personality ― by the way he or she thinks, feels, and behaves.  Most personality disorders begin as problems in personal development and character during adolescence that can lead to an …

Posted in Behavior Problems, Mental Health Issues | Tagged PD anxiety, PD emotional health, personality disorder

Is Your Teen a Runaway Risk?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Focus Adolescent Services
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One in five youth run away from home before age 18. Some as young as age 10. Is your teen a runaway risk? Imagine your son or daughter, niece or nephew in a classroom full of children. Is the child …

Posted in Behavior Problems, Mental Health Issues | Tagged runaway help, runaway risk, runaways

Alcohol and Teen Drinking

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Focus Adolescent Services
alcohol abuse

Teen drinking continues to be a major health problem in the United States. Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency affect a significant number of young people between the ages of 12 and 20. In fact, alcohol is the drug of choice …

Posted in Behavior Problems, Mental Health Issues | Tagged alcohol, alcohol addicted teen

The Violence and Trauma of Sexual Abuse

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Focus Adolescent Services
Sexual abuse

Every two minutes, someone in the United States is sexually assaulted, according to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN). 44 percent of those victims are under the age of 18. In fact, research indicates that  at least 1 …

Posted in Behavior Problems, Mental Health Issues | Tagged adverse childhood experiences, emotional abuse, sexual abuse

A Mother’s Plea to Parents and Young People

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Focus Adolescent Services
Daniel Lajterman

Daniel Lajterman of Ramsey, New Jersey died on February 23, 2014 from a drug overdose.  He was 19-years old. Before his death, Daniel bought what he believed to be heroin but was fentanyl-laced heroin.  Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate painkiller that …

Posted in Behavior Problems, Mental Health Issues | Tagged grief, heroin, heroin epidemic

The Heroin Epidemic (not just in Minnesota but in your state too)

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Focus Adolescent Services
Heroin epidemic

Heroin is easy to get, cheaper than prescription painkillers, and has moved into middle- and upper-middle class neighborhoods. Today’s heroin addict is a white, middle-class. 18-25 year-old. This is the heroin epidemic. This half-hour documentary, Heroin at Home: Rise of …

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