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Family Business and Mental Health: the Impact of Adverse Mental Health on Families who Live and Work Together

26 September 2025 No Comments

In some cases, the stress caused by mental health disorders can cause conflicts and tensions that rebound in the workplace, paralysing decision-making and teamwork. Yet, with resilience, flexibility, and commitment to one another, families can reorganise and restructure to accommodate and support a loved one, both at work and at home.

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Difficulty Sleeping in the Teenage Years and the Relationship to Mental Health: Top Ten Sleep Tips for Teens

22 September 2025 No Comments

This blog offers some information about what causes sleeping problems among teenagers and the impact on teen mental health. We also outline ten tips that can help teenagers sleep longer and more deeply.

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Online Gaming and Pornography Use in Teens: the Links to Later Pathology

4 September 2025 No Comments

Online gaming and online pornography consumption are both common among young people. And both activities can be harmful, whether they’re engaged in casually or develop into problematic behaviours. In this blog, we explore the consequences of online gaming and pornography use for young people’s mental health, and examine the link between the two.

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Coping With Emotional Distress

29 August 2025 No Comments

It’s normal for adolescents to experience a range of emotions, including distressing feelings. But sometimes young people experience emotions that are so intense that they

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Speaking to Young People about Drugs: Advice for Parents to Help Teens Stay Safe

11 August 2025 No Comments

This blog offers parents some advice about how to speak to young people about drugs and what they can do to keep them safe. It also provides some information about drug use in the Gulf region and the consequences of substance abuse for adolescent mental health.

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Emotionally Unavailable Parents and Young People’s Mental Health

8 August 2025 No Comments

Parents or other caregivers play a huge role in a child’s development, especially in their early years. They continue to influence their emotions and behaviours during adolescence and into young adulthood.

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Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for Adolescents Who Self-Harm

1 August 2025 No Comments

The Wave Clinic offers specialist mental health support for children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Our programs are trauma-focused, emphasising the role that past and present experiences play in shaping young people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

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Teens Blocking Teens Online: Social Media and Peer Group Fallouts in 11-15-Year-Old Girls

18 July 2025 No Comments

Teenage girls may experience these conflicts face-to-face, but they can also happen online. Gender norms that discourage girls from open conflict can push teenagers towards online animosity. These conflicts may often remain confined to social media and never be properly addressed or resolved.

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After the Affair: How to Support Children in Light of a Parental Affair

11 July 2025 No Comments

This guide explores the way that parental affairs impact the family system and young people’s mental health. It outlines the different forms of support available for young people after an affair to protect their well-being and help prevent harm.

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‘Mattering’: Why Young People Need to Feel Like They Matter to Their Families, Peers and the Wider World

4 July 2025 No Comments

Our self-concept plays a huge role in our mental health. When we don’t feel good about ourselves, we’re more likely to feel anxious, guilty, scared, or sad. We may worry more about past mistakes, feel like we’re unable to do the things we want to do, or struggle to believe that we are loved or lovable.

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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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