ROWI Mental Health Blog
Discover a wealth of recently written articles by our experienced team of mental health professionals, delving into various mental health challenges that profoundly impact teenagers and their families. Our blog serves as a compassionate space, offering understanding, support, and practical guidance to navigate these critical issues. ROWI is here with knowledge, empathy, and hope to empower you to face these challenges with resilience and strength. Together, let's embark on a journey of growth and healing for a brighter tomorrow.
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ROWI’s Partial Hospitalization Program is designed for adolescents ages 12-18. ROWI’s PHP program provides a comprehensive program, which includes weekly psychiatry, twice weekly individual therapy sessions, weekly family therapy, along with an extensive variety of therapeutic and experiential group therapies. ROWI clients then transition to ROWI’s Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). How are outpatient care and […]
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Mental Health Issues do not just go away and are often dangerously ignored. Parents do not always recognize the symptoms of mental health problems or may not be aware of how severe the problem is. Others may feel the behaviors will go away with time. Unfortunately, mental health and wellness issues must be addressed to […]
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3 Major Signs Your Teen Is Suffering from Depression There are few things more painful for a parent than watching a child suffer. The Center for Disease Control reported in June of 2018 that 41% of high school girls and 33% of all high school students reported feeling sad and hopeless. UCLA has recently reported […]
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Do Not Ignore the Importance of Social Skills as We Raise Our Kids By Dr. Candice Feinberg & Greg Feinberg Depending on your age, you did not have nearly the schedule or technological advances that our kids have. We did not have powerful, hand-held computers. We were not on club soccer or baseball teams playing […]
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Taking Back Your Power As A Parent: It felt like yesterday that your teen listened to you. They may have even liked you [shock]. It was only a week ago that you asked them how their day was and they actually told you. Now…crickets. When it comes to power as a parent, it’s not just […]
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Addiction in Adolescents Researchers estimate that between 50-90% of teens in treatment for substance-use disorders also have diagnosable mental disorders. Most physicians, psychiatrists and scientists now believe that addiction is a brain disease, and addiction progresses much faster in adolescents for three basic reasons: At ROWI, we offer the highest quality mental health and addiction […]