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Youth CareYouth Care
The idea of sending your child away from home can be daunting. Youth Care is a home away from home. Our intensive, therapeutic program is licensed to treat children and adolescents with such issues as depression, substance use, thought disorders, social withdrawal, and learning disabilities. If you want your child to receive intensive therapeutic and academic support in a place that feels like home, Youth Care is the right choice.

Youth Care offers a home-like setting is much more nurturing than a hospital-type setting and a high ratio of teachers to students in top-notch academic program. School success is a primary goal of treatment for adolescents while at Youth Care.

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SUWSSUWS of the Carolinas
SUWS of the Carolinas is a therapeutic camping program with a focus on clinical intervention and assessment. The program uses the outdoors as an alternative to conventional treatment environments, while engaging students using traditional therapeutic methods. They also have the Seasons program, which addresses unique needs of younger children, ages 10-13.

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Doctors Not Following FDA Rules When Treating Depressed Teens

Young people undergoing drug treatment for depression may not be getting enough follow-up care, which in turn can endanger their lives, according to a study by the Minnesota Council of Health Plans.

Some teens and children become increasingly suicidal when they first begin to take anti-depressant drugs. For this reason, the FDA recommends that they should meet with a doctor or provider at least one a week in the first month of medication, then every other week in the second month, and once at the end of the third month.

However, the Minnesota study found that one-fifth of the children ages 5 to 19 years old did not meet with a doctor until three months after they began taking drugs.

The Minnesota Council looked at the health records of over 2.5 million Minnesotans from 2005. They found that about 10% of children in that state experienced some kind of mental illness - half of that group experienced depression.

Some physicians suggested to the Council that the FDA guidelines were confusing when they were first introduced.

Teen depression is a very serious matter. If you teenager is showing signs of depression, do not wait to get them help. A good adolescent residential treatment center, like Aspen Ranch, can help by offering intense therapy and accredited academics.

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