Youth Anxiety
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Month of Giving: YMCA helps teens, young adults cope with anxiety through ‘Y Mind’ programFacilitators lead closed sessions that explore strategies in mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help build healthy coping skills and psychological resiliency.CanadaDec 15, 2021
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Calgary teen shares story of mental health challenges to raise money, help others"I want to be that guy that's out there helping kids be kids," 14 year old Hudson Brock on why he's publicly sharing his struggles with mental health.FeaturesSep 20, 2019
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Teens who sext are at risk of harms including depression, substance use: studyThe study found teens who are sexting are four times more likely to be having sex, five times more likely to have multiple sexual partners, and half as likely to be using contraception.CanadaJun 17, 2019
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Parents who miss work to help children suffering from anxiety cost Ontario economy $421M a year: reportThe analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto's Canadian Centre for Health Economics, springs from work done by CMHO in 2017 that showed that one in four parents in the province reported missing work to care for a child with anxiety issues.HealthFeb 6, 2019
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