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Elementary Students with Depression Are More at Risk for Skill Deficits
Early elementary students with symptoms of depression are much more likely to be at risk for academic deficits, according to new research. Read more >>
Why You Should Stop Yelling at Your Kids
The use of spanking to discipline children has been in decline for 50 years. But yelling? Almost everybody still yells at their kids sometimes, even the parents who know it doesn’t work. Yelling may be the most widespread parental stupidity Read more >>
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder or related mood or mental health issue. The majority of those diagnosed or struggling with an anxiety disorder don’t receive treatment or have access to the information, Read more >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
What to Do (and Not Do) When Children Are Anxious
When children are chronically anxious, even the most well-meaning parents can fall into a negative cycle and, not wanting a child to suffer, actually exacerbate the youngster’s anxiety. It happens when parents, anticipating a child’s fears, try to protect her Read more >>
APA Resources for Coping with Mass Shootings, Understanding Gun Violence
Resources on the American Psychological Association’s website can help people with cope with stress and anxiety caused by shootings and gun violence. Read more >>
The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma
Two-thirds of Americans are exposed to extreme stress in childhood, things like divorce, a death in the family or a caregiver’s substance abuse. And this early adversity, if experienced in high enough doses, “literally gets under our skin, changing people 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
