While summer can be a time of relaxation, fun, and adventure for many teenagers, for teens who have struggled with their mental health, the changes that happen during the summer can require some extra attention. Ideally, summertime is a period of self-exploration and growth as teens try out new hobbies and practice being more independent.…
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What Parents Need to Know: Psychedelic Use and Psychosis
Psychedelics are a class of drugs that can cause alterations in perception, mood, and thought processes. While psychedelics can have therapeutic benefits when used in a controlled and supervised setting, they can also lead to the onset of psychotic symptoms or psychosis, particularly in people who are predisposed to or have a history of psychotic…
Understanding Teen Depression: Signs, Causes, and Treatment
Depression is a mental health condition that is marked by apathy, sadness, and a lack of interest in life. It can be insidious in how it affects an individual’s well-being, seeping into and affecting all aspects of life: physical, emotional, social, and psychological. Although it can be easy to dismiss depression as a temporary issue…
Parents Need to Know: Psychedelic Use Decriminalized in Colorado
The passage of Proposition 122, the Natural Medicines Health Act in November 2022 marked a momentous occasion in Colorado. Coloradoans voted, by a tally of 53 to 47%, to both decriminalize psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine, and mescaline and medicalize psilocybin, with the possibility of a medicalization pathway for the others in 2026. Decriminalizing psychedelic use is…
Measurement-based Care is the Future of Mental Healthcare
In the business world, tracking, analyzing, and visualizing data can lead to critical insights such as which products are profitable or during which quarter sales are highest. In the world of healthcare, data is even more important: Accurate data based on precise metrics has the power to dramatically alter health outcomes, determine whether a drug…
6 Ways you can support your teen over the holidays
The holiday season can be a wonderful and magical time. It can also be a source of stress and family conflict for many – between frantically buying presents, attending parties, traveling to see family, and hosting out-of-town guests, the holidays can quickly become overwhelming. Research has found that during the winter holidays, people experience lower…
What is the Teen Mental Health Crisis?
In the two years since the start of the pandemic, America’s mental health has taken a nosedive. Economic struggles, isolation, and fear have rendered most people vulnerable to emotional difficulties and the onset of new or recurring psychiatric illnesses. While this mental health and well-being downturn has affected everyone, vulnerable populations have suffered the most,…
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Hello from the herd! We are opening Antelope Recovery up for a community crowdfunding round and would love for you to join us! Equity crowdfunding allows everyday people the opportunity to invest in early-stage companies in exchange for equity, just like investment firms and accredited investors. Allowing smaller individuals and groups to invest like bigger…
Parents: 5 steps to avoid getting hooked into arguments with your teen
Arguing with your teen is a quick way to wear down the relationship and build up resentment and anger between you and your teenager. Here are five ways to avoid getting hooked into arguments with your teen, using both love and logic. What is Love and Logic? Love: I love my teen enough to set…
Parents: What to do if your teen is struggling with their grades?
Often, when teens struggle with grades, parents tend to either go into full drill sergeant mode and “ground” or yell at their teenager, OR they may get into helicopter parent mode and try doing the teen’s homework. Neither of these options tends to work well for the teen or the parents. Control battles, trying to…
