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First Report of Its Kind Reveals Childhood Eating Disorders more Common than Thought
First Report of Its Kind Reveals Childhood Eating Disorders more Common than Thought

Eating Disorders

First Report of Its Kind Reveals Childhood Eating Disorders more Common than Thought

Mental health disorders may onset early in life, meaning that parents and healthcare professionals need to be able to recognize the signs and intervene appropriately. And as any epidemiologist will tell you, one of the first steps of understanding an illness or condition – and how to best treat it – is to determine how [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:29:09+11:00December 3rd, 2018|Categories: Eating Disorders|Tags: child mental health, early intervention, eating disorders, onset of mental illness|0 Comments

More US Teens May Be Facing Depression: Here’s Why

Pixabay Images Across the U.S., there's been an uptick in the percentage of teens who are having episodes of depression, a new report finds. Overall, the national percentage of teens who had major depressive episodes in the 2013-2014 report was 11 percent, up from 9.9 percent in the 2012-2013 report, the researchers found. [...]

By Generation Next|2016-08-22T11:28:56+10:00August 22nd, 2016|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: Depression, depressive episode, major depressive disorder, mental illness, onset of mental illness, Teens, youth, youth depression|0 Comments