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Category: Teen Mental Health Blog Series

Country Parent blog has teamed up with Teen Mental Health, an organization led by the IWK and Dalhousie University, to bring you a series of blog posts regarding the most common mental illnesses in adolescence. The posts are authored by Vanessa Bruce Little, the Knowledge Translation Lead at TeenMentalHealth.org.

Bipolar Disorder Is More Than A Typical Adolescent Mood Swing

Lifestyle, Teen Mental Health Blog Series
Bipolar disorder IWK post

by Vanessa Bruce Little | Bipolar Disorder is often misunderstood. Here’s how to know when it might be something more than just typical adolescent emotions…

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2 comments Bipolar Disorder, health, IWK, IWK Health Centre, Mental Health, StFX, Teen Mental Health, Vanessa Bruce Little

You (Probably) Don’t Have OCD

Lifestyle, Teen Mental Health Blog Series
OCD in teenagers IWK

by Vanessa Bruce Little | By this point, you likely know how I intend to start this post. You’ve heard it before, but the words we use matter. OCD is one of those terms we often hear casually thrown around to…

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Leave a comment Adolescence, IWK, IWK Health Centre, Mental Health, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Teen Mental Health, TeenMentalHealth.org, Vanessa Bruce Little

Anxiety Is Not A Synonym For Stress

Lifestyle, Teen Mental Health Blog Series
Anxiety

By Vanessa Bruce Little | Although Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental illnesses experienced by Canadians, they still only affect about 12% of the population over the course of…

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Leave a comment Adolescence, Anxiety, IWK, Mental Health, Stress, Teen Mental Health, tweens, Vanessa Bruce Little, youth

Depression Is More Than Just Having A Bad Day

Lifestyle, Teen Mental Health Blog Series
photo of depressed girl

by Vanessa Bruce Little | A recent UK study asked people to report on their experience of mental illness and found something quite shocking…

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Leave a comment Adolescence, Depression, IWK, Mental Health, Teen, Teen Mental Health, Vanessa Bruce Little

Not Everything Is a Mental Illness

Lifestyle, Teen Mental Health Blog Series
teen_mental health_image

by Vanessa Bruce Little | Youth today – and parents too – know far more about mental health and mental illness than past generations. Awareness campaigns, among other initiatives, have raised the profile of mental illness both in Canada and worldwide…

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Leave a comment Adolescence, IWK, Mental Health, Teen, Teen Mental Health, Vanessa Bruce Little

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