Youth Anxiety and Depressive Disorders: Understanding and Helping

Growing up can be a challenging time for many teens. Issues with friends, relationships, school, college preparation, and parents can influence adolescents. This may demonstrate why depressive and anxiety disorders are adolescence's most common mental health disorders.
This video will explore how anxiety and depressive disorders can arise in teens and how to help.
Topics
Lack of mental health understanding
The social stigma of mental health
Be 'cool'
Barriers to care
Ways to help
School Support
-Screenings for Anxiety and depression
-Mental health weeks
-Distributing information
-Professional development talks
-Mental health digital program
-Qualified counselors on staff to help
Body Communications (See the problem signs)
Digital tools for mental health (Apps_
Freedom of Expression (Many ways to understand people)
References
Radez, J., Reardon, T., Creswell, C., Orchard, F., & Waite, P. (2022). Adolescents’ perceived barriers and facilitators to seeking and accessing professional help for anxiety and depressive disorders: a qualitative interview study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 31(6), 891-907. doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01...
Radez, J., Reardon, T., Creswell, C., Lawrence, P. J., Evdoka-Burton, G., & Waite, P. (2021). Why do children and adolescents (not) seek and access professional help for their mental health problems? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 30(2), 183-211. doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01...
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