JAMA Psychiatry Suicide is a leading cause of death among 10- to 24-year-old individuals in the United States; evidence on effective treatment for adolescents who engage in suicidal and self-harm behaviors is limited. The objective of this first study is to evaluate the efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) compared Read more…
Heard on NPR’s Morning Edition September 10, 2020 – 5:00 AM ET Teen and youth anxiety and depression are getting worse since COVID lockdowns began in March, early studies suggest, and many experts say they fear a corresponding increase in youth suicide. At the end of June, the Centers for Read more…
From the Evolve Treatment Blog © Copyright 2021 Evolve Treatment Centers | All Rights Reserved Chances are, you’ve heard of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). In the world of teen mental health treatment, DBT has been gaining more and more popularity over the years. Whether you first learned about it from Read more…
Previous Trends and the 2021/2022 School Year During a typical school year, the rise in acute mental health decline among middle school and high school aged students begins to climb approximately 5 weeks after school starts, in October each year, spikes between November/December and again in Jan/Feb and remains persistent Read more…
For the past two years, Extraordinary Options has been working with the leading adolescent mental healthcare providers in our community to gather the data necessary to isolate the most common and egregious barriers to adolescents receiving timely and appropriate mental health support and intervention. The ultimate purpose behind gathering this Read more…