4 Strategies to Use to Help your Teen Struggling with Depression to Develop Skills Episode # 41

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>In this episode Joanne Williams, LCSW discusses a new study showing that a scary number of our teens that are struggling and</em></strong> need our Help even when many of them don’t realize it. <strong>4 Strategies you Can Use to Help your Teen or Your Teens Friends to develop skills to deal with these imposing emotions.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Summary of Todays show: Our teens are getting more overwhelmed than we may be aware of. I will share 4 strategies for what you can do and to understand why this may be happening and how to help them.</strong></span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Signs that our teens are struggle to cope</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The stressors with certain groups that are worse</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3 factors that come together to create a sense of hopelessness and despair.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How we can help- 4 key strategies you can use today that will help.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How we can help by understanding yours and your child’s attachment style.</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Please hear from a 30 year MH professional. We are having a MH crisis with our Children. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I heard a statistic that scared me so much and it should scare you too. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">From the organization Mental health America that did an online study 1.5 million 11-17 students. The teens took a depression screening test starting in Sept. 2020, so this is recent data and 37 % of the 11-17 yo reported were having suicidal thoughts in the last 7 of 14 days when they took the survey. 37 %-50% of these teens, when you add for other groups with higher rates, were considering or had thoughts taking their life. Or examining or weighing options.  This doesn’t mean they will but, it is considered having ideations about it and the nex