Daily Healthy: mental well-being

Helping Your Stressed-out Teen

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Your Stressed-out Teen</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">School<br />demands, sports commitments, body changes, confusing media messages. How can<br />you help your kids manage life’s pressures as they hit the teen years –<br />especially now at the end of the school year when exams and events pile up?<br />Start by making sure the health basics are in place: good nutrition, solid<br />sleep habits, and regular exercise. And don’t underestimate your teenager's<br />need for downtime.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplc43XcZam-36a9SGEtP5-XFD35kKDfc0qz4DcwqAjJWw7s5WyvDuA1P_Y3CqCmJPfjjOW0wBdZ0ocbtrrdKKQESVZFHPOi_7NciKibo2_WOhttfIkDKRXimhRdkkAMITSH8BZBimHeB6/s1600/shutterstock_274905671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="http://dailysun3.blogspot.jp/search/label/workplace%20bullying?&max-results=6" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplc43XcZam-36a9SGEtP5-XFD35kKDfc0qz4DcwqAjJWw7s5WyvDuA1P_Y3CqCmJPfjjOW0wBdZ0ocbtrrdKKQESVZFHPOi_7NciKibo2_WOhttfIkDKRXimhRdkkAMITSH8BZBimHeB6/s200/shutterstock_274905671.jpg" title="Teen Stressed" width="133" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By<br />Mary Brophy Marcus, health writer, APA</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These<br />resources can help:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nutrition</b>:</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The USDA has a site for te<span id="goog_1047091228"></span><span id="goog_1047091229"></span>ens all<a href="http://dailysun3.blogspot.jp/search/label/drinking?&max-results=6"> about healthy eating</a><br />with snack ideas, info on vitamins, weight and<a href="http://dailysun3.blogspot.jp/search/label/Nutrition?&max-results=6"> nutrition trackers</a>, and more.<br />There's nutrition advice for vegetarian teens and athletes, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleep</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">:</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Teenagers need 8 - 10 hours a night, according to the </span><a href="http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/teens-and-sleep" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Sleep<br />Foundation (NSF)</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. However, almost 70% of high<br />school students aren't logging that much, says the Centers for Disease Control<br />and Prevention. Inadequate sleep can put them at risk for accidents, mood and<br />behavior issues, and poor school performance. NSF shares tips like cutting out<br />caffeinated sodas and setting a regular sleep routine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Exercise<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>and Relaxation</b>: </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Physical activity helps increase<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>"feel-good" endorphins in the brain, according to the <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/exercise-and-stress/art-20044469">Mayo<br />Clinic</a>. To relax, The<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry<br />suggests practicing relaxation breathing and building a supportive circle of<br />friends and family to <a href="http://dailysun3.blogspot.jp/search/label/stress?&max-results=6">cut stress</a>, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If<br />your tween or teen is still <a href="http://dailysun3.blogspot.jp/search/label/depression?&max-results=6">stressed and struggling</a>, reach out to your child's<br />doctor or a mental health professional who specializes in adolescents because a<br />more serious health issue may be going on, such as depression or an anxiety<br />disorder.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">By<br />Mary Brophy Marcus, health writer, APA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Resilience: How Do We Get It?

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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Resilience is the ability to lead a healthy life, both<br />physically and mentally, despite living through horrific circumstances, says<br />Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A., chair of the Department of Psychiatry at<br />Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. While there’s a genetic component, he<br />said the thinking is changing around the idea that only some people are born<br />with the ability to stay mentally strong in the face of war, natural disaster,<br />rape, terrorism, chronic poverty and other traumas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Humans are far more resilient in general<br />than we think, than we have assumed in the past,” Levounis said. “People who<br />have been subjected to absolutely traumatic situations very frequently come out<br />on other side and do quite well.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__d5u0eKGhUqp6vWM0JmSuq5Ntt5_Z5ttCA_Q7aeYKJIfSerm81JxIvOTmLrH6XyyAU7PvuoICVw33w3LWgIMdNTRW4tf9qWK0wRxTC34uI49xnZdVGDeV4rOnNfGnDVXbACRqc_aqZ1Y/s1600/shutterstock_271100492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__d5u0eKGhUqp6vWM0JmSuq5Ntt5_Z5ttCA_Q7aeYKJIfSerm81JxIvOTmLrH6XyyAU7PvuoICVw33w3LWgIMdNTRW4tf9qWK0wRxTC34uI49xnZdVGDeV4rOnNfGnDVXbACRqc_aqZ1Y/s320/shutterstock_271100492.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are some who may suffer more<br />after a traumatic event -- people with depression or anxiety disorders are at a<br />higher risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But PTSD is not<br />the opposite of resilience, Levounis explained. “PTSD doesn’t mean you are<br />weak. We now know that developing PTSD is associated with compassion and<br />imagination and creativity.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Staying healthy both physically and<br />mentally is paramount. Not only exercise and nutrition, which pretty much<br />everybody knows, but also sleep hygiene. Sleep is the neglected stepchild of<br />physical health. Keeping your mental health intact, your social life, your<br />sexual life, your intellectual life, and for some your spiritual life—these<br />build resilience,” Levounis said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He added that parents who impart<br />those healthy lifestyle habits to their kids will be helping their children be<br />resilient, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By Mary Brophy Marcus, health<br />writer, APA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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