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Fueling the Teenage Brain: The Clinical Impact of B12, Folate, Magnesium and Zinc on Adolescent Mental Health

6 March 2026 No Comments

In recent years, research has uncovered the importance of the mind-body connection and its intrinsic inseparability. We understand how trauma is stored in the body and how many of our hormones are synthesised in the gut. We understand that the food we eat impacts the way our brains and bodies function and critically influences how we feel.

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Family Offices in the UAE: What Every Family Office Needs to Know About Teen Mental Health

12 December 2025 No Comments

Family offices are increasingly recognising the role of mental health in wealth management. Mental health impacts a family’s decision-making and continuity, their choice of investments and resilience. These impacts are inseparable from wealth and finances.

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Why Talk Therapy is Not Always the Answer: Understanding Alexithymia

5 December 2025 No Comments

Alexithymia is related to both emotional processing and language. People with alexithymia may not recognise emotional expressions on faces as well as other people. They may find it hard to talk about interpersonal relationships or other people’s feelings, and describe their own emotional experiences with simple language without vivid descriptions. They may be less sensitive to the emotional meaning of language and tend towards concretist thinking and avoidance of metaphors.

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What Is Childhood Toxic Stress?

20 October 2025 No Comments

This blog offers some information about our stress response system, toxic stress, and how it affects young people. It also provides some advice for caregivers supporting children in very stressful contexts.

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Why Isn’t Adult Psychiatry or General Psychiatry the Best Choice for Kids?

20 March 2025 No Comments

Specialist mental health programs for young people are sensitive to their developmental and social needs. They adapt treatment programs and modalities to each young person’s developmental stage, whether that’s childhood, adolescence, or early adulthood.

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Choosing Residential Treatment Spaces: When Is Boarding School Support Not Enough?

14 February 2025 No Comments

When a young person experiences mental health problems, many parents are unsure where they can find the most effective support. Parents often think that young

Why Autism and Eating Disorders Often Come Together

4 September 2024 No Comments

While eating disorders are complex conditions, they are treatable. With the right support, young people can recover and enjoy a healthy, fulfilling future. Treatment providers who have experience working with autistic people can adapt therapy sessions and other approaches to ensure that treatment is comfortable and welcoming for each individual.

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Attachment Styles and Self-Esteem: The Causes and Consequences of Academic Procrastination

17 June 2024 No Comments

Research has found a two-way relationship between procrastination and self-esteem. Low self-esteem causes young people to procrastinate more while procrastinating also decreases young people’s self-esteem (and vice-versa). This can lead to negative (or positive) cycles of self-esteem and procrastination.

Understanding Sleep Deprivation in Adolescence

14 June 2024 No Comments

Adolescence is a key period of development, growth, and change. This means that getting an adequate amount of sleep during this time is especially important. However, while scientists agree that adolescents need 8-10 hours of sleep to maintain proper health, many young people frequently sleep fewer hours.

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What Happens When Kids Are Left Out of School?

15 April 2024 No Comments

Social exclusion and peer rejection can have serious consequences for young people’s mental health, leading to emotional and behavioural problems and low self-esteem. Social exclusion that is based on prejudice or bias is particularly damaging.

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Peer Difficulties in Adolescent Mental Health – When Online and Offline Friendships Can Spell Disaster

20 March 2026

Peer victimisation, often referred to as bullying, is a type of interpersonal violence or harm that takes place between friends or peers. Peer victimisation can involve physical violence, verbal insults, emotional manipulation, or relational harm, such as spreading rumours or social exclusion.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Teens

16 March 2026

OCD is a serious mental health disorder that can have a big impact on a teenager’s daily life. However, it is treatable, and with the right support, young people can reach full recovery.

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Fiona Yassin on Adolescent Eating Disorders: What Parents Need to Understand

13 March 2026

When a young person develops an eating problem, seeking professional support is the first step. It’s very difficult for someone to recover from an eating problem on their own, and treatment and support are crucial for both the young person and their family.

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