Adolescent Mental Health

For many years I have worked with college students on a day-to-day basis as both a student-affairs professional and a faculty member. From those numerous interactions and observations I have had with young adults, I realize that being older and having more life experience does put us in the position of being able to offer guidance to younger people.

Every year we have an opportunity to make ourselves into whatever we want to be. It's a great chance to start fresh and evaluate our goals. This book is designed to help you achieve your dreams and become the person you want to be. Don't wait until next year to start trying to change your life - you can do it right now. And if you want to start your goal on New Year's we are going to help you achieve it!

With humor, plenty of understanding and 50 years of experience treating adolescents, child psychiatrist Calvin Colarusso, M.D. provides ideas and examples to smooth the way through adolescence for parents and teens. Surviving Adolescence: A Roadmap for Teens and Their Parents provides understanding of inscrutable adolescent behavior and practical suggestions on what to do about mood swings, backtalk, disgusting bedrooms, sexual behavior, and dating.

It can be a challenge to say good-bye and send your child out into the world on his or her own, whether it's to college or to join the workforce. This book provides tips on what you need to make sure your child knows, how to handle your own life once the nest is empty, and even what you need to think about if your child ever hits a stumbling block and needs to return home for a while.

"Navigating Teen Challenges 2.0: Beyond the Triple 'A' Blueprint" es una guía poderosa e inspiradora para adolescentes y adultos jóvenes en el viaje hacia el autodescubrimiento, la resiliencia y el éxito. Escrito por Axel Desarden, un sobreviviente de siete heridas de bala en el Bronx, este libro va más allá de las guías de autoayuda tradicionales y proporciona una hoja de ruta integral para navegar las complejidades de la adolescencia.

¿Sabías que la Terapia Dialéctica Conductual ha ayudado a millones de adolescentes desde que fue desarrollada hace poco más de 30 años? ¡Sigue leyendo para conocer cómo tu adolescente también puede beneficiarse! La adolescencia es un período crucial para desarrollar y mantener hábitos sociales y emocionales que son esenciales para el bienestar mental.

¿Te gustaría verte diferente? ¿En ocasiones quisieras cambiar a tus papás? ¿Te has dicho: “Nadie me comprende”? ¿Te has cuestionado si eres normal? Si contestaste que “sí” a la mitad de las preguntas anteriores, entonces eres perfectamente normal. ¡Así que este libro es ideal para ti! Porque trata temas como los amigos, tener confianza en ti, aprender a decir no a las drogas y, en general, cómo enfrentar los problemas y retos de la juventud.

Are young children really sexual? You don't mean they are sexual like adults, do you? No, I don't mean that they are sexual like adolescents or adults. But the course of human sexuality begins in utero and continues throughout childhood and adolescence into adulthood. This book traces the course of that development from infancy onward, explaining how a sense of maleness or femaleness develops in infancy and how knowledge of sexuality grows and matures throughout childhood and adolescence.

¡Sé valiente, sé tú misma: Viaje al amor propio con afirmaciones inspiradoras! A veces, la presión de ser perfecta puede ser abrumadora, dejando a muchas chicas sintiéndose perdidas en el caos de los años adolescentes. Mucha gente piensa que la confianza es algo con lo que se nace, pero, en realidad, el amor propio se aprende y se cultiva a través de prácticas como la que encontrarás en estas páginas.