Teen Mental Health Resources: Building a Supportive Network

Teens can have a difficult time adjusting. Peer pressures, easy access to drugs and alcohol, low self-esteem, and other issues can combine to cause your teen’s mental health to suffer. There is help. Drs. Komal Afzal, Iris Li, and Joseph Gali at LG Pediatrics in Los Gatos, CA, offer comprehensive medical services for children and teens, including adolescent mental health services.

What You Need To Know About Teen Mental Health Resources

Your teen might be experiencing mental health issues if you notice that your teen is:

• Having difficulty achieving good grades in school
• Experiencing feelings of anxiety about going to school
• Apprehension about participating in social activities
• Complaining of aches and pains frequently
• Having fits of temper or rage
• Exhibiting hyperactive behavior
• Having frequent nightmares
• Thinking about self-harm or suicide
• Abusing drugs or alcohol
• Rebelling against figures of authority
• Stealing or damaging property

A pediatrician is a helpful mental health resource for you and your teen. Mental health screening provided by your pediatrician is a great way to identify mental health conditions, including:

• Anxiety and fear disorders
• Eating and sleeping disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Clinical depression and manic depression

A pediatrician can treat your teen and also refer your teen to an adolescent psychiatry specialist if necessary. These are just a few of the helpful mental health services available to help build a supportive network for your teen:

• Medications which can help manage anxiety, depression, and other conditions
• Individual and group counseling to establish coping mechanisms to deal with uncomfortable situations
• Relaxation techniques to help manage stress

Your teen deserves a network of mental health support, and it all begins with the pediatrician.

Want To Know More

To discover more about teen mental health resources and how to build a supportive network for your teen, call Drs. Komal Afzal, Iris Li, and Joseph Gali at LG Pediatrics in Los Gatos, CA. You can reach them in the office by calling (408) 358-2624, so call today.