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The Psychiatrist Can See Your Child Now, Virtually
With a growing shortage of mental-health professionals for children and adolescents, more health-care providers are turning to technology. With a rising number of teens and adolescents suffering from depression and anxiety, and too few professionals to help, remote video consults Read more >>
Teen Suicide: Understanding the Warning Signs [presentation]
Suicide is the 2nd most common cause of death among 10-24 year olds. In this presentation, Vidya Krishnan, Head of Adolescent Mental Health Services at CHC, discusses the warning signs, risk factors, protective factors, and treatment options. Learn what to Read more >>
Understanding the Foundations of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Part I [presentation]
Dr. Stephanie Clarke, Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, and clinician at RISE Comprehensive DBT Intensive Outpatient Program shares how DBT’s problem-solving and acceptance-based approaches are helping teens build lives worth living. Read more >>
How Teens Deal with Stress May Affect Their Long-Term Health
Most teens get stressed out by their families from time to time, but whether they bottle those emotions up or put a positive spin on things may affect certain processes in the body, including blood pressure and how immune cells Read more >>
Boys Need Better Access to Mental Health Care. Why Aren’t They Getting It?
Mental health has become a crisis among America’s youth, and experts say the unique challenges and needs of young men are not receiving enough attention. Read more >>
How to Overcome Social Anxiety
Fifteen million Americans suffer from a diagnosable form of social anxiety, and millions more suffer from less severe but related phobias. Anxiety can be debilitating for people when it starts to undermine their daily lives. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical Read more >>
Should Childhood Trauma Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis?
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows how the effects of childhood trauma persist and are linked to mental illness and addiction in adulthood. And, researchers say, it suggests that it might be more Read more >>
Anxiety and the Twice Exceptional Child [presentation]
Students who are twice exceptional have unique challenges. They often experience anxiety as a result of some of those challenges. Read more >>
DBT Can Help Traumatized, Suicidal Youth Manage Emotions
Children who are suicidal and victims of trauma, especially those with PTSD, pose an especially difficult challenge for psychiatrists. Trauma, suicidality, and self-harm often present together, and they might heighten the risk of treatment. Read more >>
A 4-Step Process for Building Student Resilience
Coping skills are a powerful way for all students to build resilience, self-awareness, and self-regulatory skills as they face the stressors of life. Learning how to positively cope empowers them to be self-reflective and take responsibility for their actions. 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
