190: How Can I Help My Depressed Teen?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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“Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting” is the essential podcast for parents seeking expert guidance, tested strategies, and psychological insights on raising kids, especially tweens and teens. Join renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour and former journalist and mom of two Reena Ninan as they explore real-life parenting challenges. Looking to learn more about how to boost kids’ resilience, build their confidence, or support their emotional well-being? Dr. Lisa and Reena have got you covered! Together they address listener questions about stress, anxiety, social media concerns, school pressures, and challenges in peer relationships. Each episode provides practical advice and science-backed solutions to help parents raise resilient, confident, and emotionally healthy kids. Tune in every week for the latest topics in parenting, child psychology, and family wellness. Get answers to your most pressing parenting questions. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Is your teen struggling with depression? This episode offers essential guidance on how parents can support their teens through tough times, from managing daily routines and addressing intrusive thoughts, to assessing the risk of self-harm. Dr. Lisa discusses various treatment options, including medication, therapy, and exercise, while emphasizing the importance of open conversations and the role of social media. We want to hear from you! How do you set healthy boundaries and safeguard your child’s mental well-being? Follow and subscribe to our YouTube channel where you can see all our latest video episodes: https://youtube.com/@asklisapodcast And follow us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @Lisa.Damour, @ReenaNinan. Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: https://www.goodtroubleproductions.com Episode Keywords: depression, teens, routines, intrusive thoughts, self-harm, medication, therapy, exercise, social media, boundaries Show Keywords: ask lisa podcast, dr lisa damour, reena ninan, psychology, parenting, podcast, teens, tweens, parenting teens, parenting tweens, teen parenting, tween parenting, parenting tips, parenting advice, positive parenting, parenting podcast, teen behavior, tween challenges, raising tweens, raising teens, parenting hacks, parenting help, family dynamics, kids podcast, mental health, teen mental health, attachment styles, emotional intelligence

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0:00.0	Tell me a parenting issue everyone struggles with, with tweens and teens, but no one talks about.
0:06.9	Rina, I think a lot of people feel like they just don't know how to connect to their kid anymore.
0:12.3	I'm Rina Ninen and welcome to Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:18.7	And I'm Dr. Lisa D'Amour.
0:20.3	We bring you science-back strategies for managing anxiety, discipline, intense emotions, and more.
0:26.6	We decode tough parenting challenges with tips that you can use right now.
0:32.0	So subscribe to Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast, and join our YouTube community today. We're here to help
0:39.3	you untangle family life. Episode 190, how can I help my depressed team? You know, you always say the beginning of the school year you kind of like because people get into routines.
0:59.7	I feel like October is the time of year when sometimes those routines very quickly, like start to unravel.
1:08.6	What's your advice for that?
1:10.1	Or there's resistance. People don't want to get
1:12.3	up and go to school all of a sudden. It's so true. And I mean, I say this all the time and it is
1:17.2	100% true. Like I love routines and then I quickly start to feel oppressed by routines. And this is
1:23.4	the time of the year where I'm like, when is the next break? And I will also tell you, having been someone who works with schools, has worked in schools for so, so long, the stretch from the start of the school year to Thanksgiving break is the longest schools go in the year without a meaningful break.
1:42.8	And it gets tedious. So that's why we all kind of feel this
1:46.4	way sometimes. Like I'm ready for that break already. I think that's right. I think that's right.
1:50.4	Well, we got a letter about depression and it just got me thinking about sort of where we are in the
1:55.4	school year and how so many people can feel like this. I want to read this to you Lisa. It says,
1:58.6	Hi, Lisa. I'm writing to ask you to
2:01.0	address the topic of teens dealing with depression and intrusive thoughts. My 16-year-old
2:05.5	daughter has struggled with depression, and most recently, it seems, the worst part of it,
2:09.8	is negative, intrusive thoughts, including ones of seeing herself dead. Her psychiatrist
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