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Lisa Frederiksen
Chronic stress can cause any number of mental illnesses – depression, anxiety to name but two. People (young and old) with mental health issues report drinking or using drugs as a means of self-medicating their mental illness — not stated this clearly, to be sure — but wanting to party or have a drink after a rough day to relieve the stress. In fact, NAMI Massachusetts reports that 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, 75% begin by age 24. To better understand this connection, I created this 10 minute film, “Why Letting Your Child/Teen Fail Can Help Them Succeed as an Adult,” with Pen TV, to share important information on brain development, brain maps, and the teen brain that explains why reducing child/teen stress is critical to a child’s success as adult (and in the context of this blog, to avoiding substance misuse, as well).
Breaking The Cycles 03 - Why Letting Your Child/Teen Fail Can Help Them Succeed as an Adult from Peninsula TV on Vimeo.
