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She Was 11, with an Eating Disorder — But She Had No Body Image Issues
If I had been asked to list my parenting worries, my daughter dying from a heart attack caused by an eating disorder wouldn’t have made the cut. Norah scoffed when doctor after doctor asked her about body image. “I like Read more >>
Let’s Get Through This: Mental Health and Transitions
written by CHC staff member Mike Navarrete Summer is a time to relax, recharge and have fun. But for many, these months are also a complex time of transition between the freedom of ending one school year and the anticipation Read more >>
How Genetic Testing Could Improve Depression and Anxiety Treatment
Genetic tests for depression and anxiety treatments are part of a rapidly growing field called “personalized” or “precision” medicine. Instead of your doctor prescribing drugs based primarily on factors like weight and age, the tests show how a drug will Read more >>
The Challenges of Anxiety—How You Can Support Your Child [presentation]
Dr. Natalie Pon, CHC’s adolescent psychiatrist, presents practical strategies and tools to help parents manage and support their child’s anxiety. Read more >>
Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Learning Differences: Discussion and Q&A with CHC Experts
Watch this Facebook Live discussion and Q&A session on learning differences and mental health, featuring three of CHC’s renowned clinical experts. Read more >>
EdRev Expo 2018 Workshop: Get Your Calm On—Move Free & Express Your Stress [presentation]
Pam Lozoff, MSW, RYT, Spirit of Youth Yoga Project Director discusses how yoga, breathing, and self-calming techniques can help children reduce their stress levels, learn to self-soothe, and be better equipped to regulate their emotions and behavior. Read more >>
EdRev Expo 2018 Workshop: The Music of Mental Health & Well-Being [presentation]
Jared Leaderman, PhD of Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto explores the many dynamic ways that music making can both promote mental health and therapeutically address experiences of anxiety, depression, and heightened stress. The workshop is also grounded in Read more >>
EdRev Expo 2018 Spotlight Session: Learning Differences and Anxiety [presentation]
Robert L Hendren, DO, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Co-Director of the UCSF Dyslexia Center discusses the frequency with which anxiety co-occurs with ADHD and/or learning disorders. Dr. Hendren explores types of anxiety disorders and reviews assessment strategies Read more >>
In this workshop, Dr. Glen Elliott, CHC’s Chief Psychiatrist and Medical Director and Christopher Harris, MEd, Director of Esther B. Clark School, focus on how behaviors associated with ADHD and anxiety may both occur in the same individual but also can Read more >>
Helping Students Face Their Fears
National data indicates that about one-third of teenagers will experience an anxiety disorder, with 8 percent seriously impaired. Research and anecdotal evidence suggest that these numbers, higher than in decades past, reflect a real increase, not just a rise in Read more >>
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CHC Palo Alto:
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304
650.326.5530
CHC South Bay:
2280 Kenwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
408.831.7512
CHC Ravenswood:
1765 E Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
650.702.2487
