Child & Adolescent Related Content

Podcast: Helping Adolescents With Anxiety

Jenn talks to Dr. Jason Krompinger about how to help kids and adolescents who are struggling with anxiety. Jason provides tips for talking with teens about anxiety, provides insight into different forms of anxiety, and answers questions about addressing stigma around the most common mental health...

Video: The Connections Between Parent & Child Mental Health

A child’s mental health is not just supported by their parents or caregivers—it can be shaped by them. Mentally healthy children rely heavily on them as the foundation for becoming independent, successful, happy adults. However, parents face plenty of challenges when looking after children, and...

Podcast: Gearing Up Your Kids for a Mentally Healthy Summer

Jenn talks to Dr. Lisa Coyne about how to help our kids and teens take care of their mental health over summer vacation. Lisa shares ways to check in on our loved ones without being intrusive, explains the importance of putting on our own oxygen masks first, and answers audience questions about how...

Video: Mental Wellness for Kids and Teens

Growing up is difficult—it always has been. But more recently, the challenges that kids and teens face seem even more daunting. From cyberbullying to digital learning, many issues they encounter are new and uncharted territory for parents and guardians. In addition, the late teenage years are known...

Podcast: Engaging With Closed-Off Kids & Teens

Jenn talks to Dr. Blaise Aguirre about how to have difficult conversations with kids and teens. Blaise suggests ways to approach difficult topics with children and adolescents, shares strategies to encourage your kids to open up to you, discusses navigating the complexities of growing up and gaining...

Addressing the Surging Psychiatric Needs of Youth

“Thank you for everything. I thought I’d lost her.” As the program director at McLean’s newly launched adolescent inpatient program in Middleborough, Massachusetts, Joyce Velt, LICSW , has had dozens of notes, letters, and phone calls from grateful parents expressing similar sentiments. The idea of...

Podcast: Building Trust With Kids & Adolescents

Jenn talks to Dr. Holly Peek about how to build trust in children and adolescents. Holly discusses how to establish and maintain trust with your child at different stages, shares what trust looks like and how it evolves throughout childhood, provides insight into privacy and boundaries to set with...

Podcast: Mental Wellness for Kids and Teens

Jenn talks to Dr. Lisa Coyne about the importance of mental wellness in children and adolescents. They discuss checking in on mental well-being during COVID, ways to get more involved in family activities, and how to address technology use. Lisa answers audience questions about child and teen mental...

Video: Raising Kids That Adapt to Change

Change is inevitable—and because of that, it’s important for us to teach our loved ones how to deal with change. While some changes will be bigger than others, all can be scary to a child or teenager. Kids thrive with structure and stability, and changes can cause them to lose that sense of...

Video: Healthy Coping for Children and Adolescents

Kids and teens experience all kinds of feelings, but may not necessarily know how to deal with them or how to cope with when they come up. It’s important that we help them learn the skills to manage their emotions, thoughts, and reactions in healthy and productive ways. By doing so, we can help them...

A Career Caring for Young People

“I knew right from the beginning I wanted to be in psychiatry,” said Kristen Lancaster, RN . “I’ve been in the mental health field ever since.” Lancaster, nurse director for McLean SouthEast Adolescent Services and McLean SouthEast at Oak Street Adolescent Inpatient Program , has dedicated her...

How One Clinician Helps People Find Their Path

Teaching, mentoring, and helping others comes naturally to Fairlee C. Fabrett, PhD . As director of clinical training for McLean Hospital’s Adolescent Acute Residential Treatment (ART) Program , she supervises and supports post-doctoral fellows and clinical trainees, helping them gain the experience...