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The Adolescent Brain on Meditation
Psychology Today features an article by Jamison Monroe Jr. on the adolescent brain and meditation. Those in the field of mental health and addiction recovery have known for years—through personal experience and observation—that mindfulness practice is an incredibly powerful tool for healing. Now science is backing that up, unquestionably.
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Mental Health Through the Kitchen
WSJ features the Newport Academy approach to food, nutrition, and culinary therapy. Many cooks know the kitchen can be a sanctuary. Now, some healthcare providers are using cooking as therapeutic tools for people with depression, anxiety, and other mental-health problems.
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How Crafting Affects The Brain, According To Experts
Romper features Kristin Wilson, M.A., L.P.C., vice president of clinical outreach for Newport Academy, and she explains that Newport Academy practices art therapy across their patient groups. Additionally, she shares her expertise explaining the benefits of different types of crafting, which including reducing anxiety and promotion social interaction when done in groups.
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Why Food Labels That Specify How Much Exercise It Takes to Burn Calories Are a Bad Idea
Shape features Kristin Wilson, M.A., L.P.C., vice president of clinical outreach for Newport Academy, and discusses discusses the mental health implications of including how much exercise is needed to burn off a specific food on its label.
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What Instagram Hiding Likes Could Mean For Your Mental Health
Refinery 29 features Dr. Jennifer Dragonette, Executive Director at Newport Academy, and discusses Instagram’s recent announcement that it will begin hiding users’ likes on Instagram posts. Dr. Dragonette explains that receiving a like produces the same physiological high as eating chocolate or winning money. Additionally, she shares that social media can negatively impact user’s mental health and she also predicts what researchers could potentially learn from this new initiative by Instagram.
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Why Do Kids Bully? Here’s What We Know
CBS features Ted Guastello, Vice President of Operations at Newport Academy, outlining why a teen might bully, and he explains signs to look out for if a child is a bullying victim. He highlights the importance of connection with children and teens, and stresses that parents need to have a pulse on what’s going on in their household and with their child. Ted also mentions how Newport Academy addresses issues like this with teens, explaining that experts look to treat underlying causes.
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13 Mood Changes That Could Signal Something Serious
Best Life features Heather Hagen, LMFT, a clinical director at Newport Academy, to discuss how different changes in mood such as irritability, mood swings and depression can be signs of significant health issues.
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How to Create a Realistic Self-Care Checklist
Well + Good features Jamison Monroe, Founder and CEO of Newport Academy, offering insight on ways to establish a realistic self-care routine, and how to identify which areas of your life need more attention. Jamison explains why self-care is the opposite of selfish, and why a self-care checklist is “the wellness version of putting on your oxygen mask first.”
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How Stimulants Can Harm Your Health
Teen Vogue features Newport Academy’s Heather Senior Monroe, LCSW, on the dangers of stimulants. Taking pills might seem most prominent in party culture, but it isn’t happening just at raves or concerts; it’s taking place in classrooms and libraries, too. According to a 2015 review by researchers at the University of South Carolina, one in six college students misuse prescription stimulants, such as Adderall, Ritalin, and Vyvanse.
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Industry Leader Saving Lives
Fox News features Newport Academy as an industry leader, and highlights the Newport Academy Adventure Therapy program. As a child, Sierra was depressed and anxious. She began self-harming in eighth grade, before turning to binge drinking, abusing Xanax in high school, and eventually becoming suicidal. Then she came to Newport Academy.
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How to Find the Best Treatment
Jamison Monroe Jr. shares wisdom on how to find the best mental health treatment. The first thing that parents seeking treatment for their children need to know: You are not alone. Our country is experiencing an adolescent mental health crisis. The time for truly comprehensive care for teenagers has never been more critical to society than it is now.
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Growing Food Is Part of the Program
Newport Academy experts offer a look at our Horticulture and Culinary Therapy programs. The therapeutic benefits of horticulture aren’t just about eating healthier food. Therapy at Newport Academy includes learning to think about the future in positive terms, and nurturing growth in our gardens supports that new worldview.
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7 Signs Your Body Needs to Chill
Jamison Monroe Jr. shares tips on how to unwind. If you think you can burn the candle at both ends and outsmart your body, you're wrong. The body and mind can only handle so much before they start to show signs of wear and tear.
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Today Show
Teen Challenges and Teen Anxiety
Forbes
How To Deliver Extraordinary Customer Experience Even When People Don’t Want Your Help
Psychology Today
ADHD: Finding New Solutions
TIME
Seasonal Depression Doesn't Just Happen in the Winter. Here's What to Know About Summertime Sadness
Bloomberg
Affluenza Anonymous: Rehab for the Young, Rich, and Addicted
Barron's
New Help for Addicted Kids
CNN Anderson Cooper
Teen Alcohol Treatment
Bustle
What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? 3 Myths That Need To Be Put To Rest
Aspen Ideas Festival
Jamison Monroe Jr. Joins Aspen Ideas Panel on Addiction
Teen Vogue
Study Shows Hospitalization Among Teens for Opioid Poisonings Increase
Health
From Sunburns to Binge Drinking: Will Past Health Mistakes Haunt You?
NBC News
What Mental Health Experts Say To Their Kids About School Shootings
SELF
8 Ways to Start Your Day with Less Anxiety
NYLON
What It’s Like To Love Fashion When You Can’t Recognize Yourself In The Mirror
Elite Daily
The Best Workout For Your Mental Health Are Probably In Your Routine Already, So Hell Yes
Well + Good
Is Technology Wrecking Our Mental Health?
Mindbodygreen
The Stress-Busting Tool We All Have – But Forget To Use
Huffpost
Living In An ADHD Nation: How A Manufactured Epidemic Is Victimizing Our Children
C-Span
Newport Academy Discusses 13 Reasons Why and Teen Mental Health
Business Insider
7 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Do In One Minute A Day
ABC 7
Newport Academy Featured on ABC 7 Los Angeles Discussing ‘To the Bone,’ Eating Disorders, and Teen Mental Health
Daily Mail
'I was 16 years old using heroin': How a high school footballer became a drug addict after suffering concussions on the field
HLN
``Gaming Disorder`` is a real illness
Parents
How to Talk to Kids About Depression & Suicide
USA Today
Video game addiction is a mental health disorder
Popsugar
If Anxiety Seems to Run in Your Family, Here's What You Should Know About Your Risk
Romper
8 Natural Remedies For Anxiety That Actually Work
Pilates Style
Digital Stress
Shape
The Simple Trick to Chill Out When You're Angry
Refinery 29
How To Handle A Trauma Anniversary
BYRDIE
How Effective Is Text Therapy, Exactly?
Pure Wow.
Help! My Kid Vapes. What Should I Do?
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Easy access and a complex underlying cause—that's why there needs to be education around the home medicine cabinet.
It's vital to understand that teens may look to relieve symptoms that are a result of mental health challenges by abusing substances that are readily available in the home.
It's even more important to make sure adolescents and young adults get help when they're struggling.
Learn the power of prevention and protect the ones you love by clicking our link in bio.
Serious question: do you know what products, commonly stored in this room, may pose a danger for teens struggling with their mental health?
Parents and peers, stay tuned for this important piece of protection and prevention education in tomorrow's post.
Mental health and behavioral health professionals—the premier education event is coming to a city near you this spring!
Save the dates for the Newport Healthcare Day Conference in Washington, DC on March 10, 2020.
Link in bio for details!
Stop scrolling. Take a deep breath. You are OK.
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Often, "time-traveling" into the past or future causes distress. That's when Newport Academy Residential Supervisor Claudia J. takes a pause to demonstrate gratitude in the present moment.
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And we want to extend our appreciation to her for her service! Claudia was recently honored as a "Rockstar" on our team for the way she "not only shows compassion for the clients and works hard to make their stay a success, but she takes time out of her day to make her coworkers and staff feel loved and known. Claudia puts everyone’s needs above her own and never asks for anything in return, and her work ethic and positive attitude sets the tone for her residence."
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So take a breath here with us—and know that if you are struggling, you are not alone. We are here for you: 877.599.5339.
Use food to fight the winter blues!
Along with physical exercise, light therapy, and time outdoors, one of the most impactful ways to beat the winter blues is by activating the power of food as medicine for mental health.
Learn how in our #FridayReads—link in bio!
Have you heard about PACE food labeling?
New research has investigated labeling foods with physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) labels that would specify, for instance, how long you’d have to walk to burn the number of calories in a slice of cake.
While recent scientific review suggests that these PACE labels might lead people to consume fewer calories, Newport Academy's Kristin Wilson, M.A., L.P.C. says it may come at a major cost.
She spoke to @SHAPE Magazine about the implications of this type of food labeling—link in bio to read more!
Perspective is everything.
Especially when you're experiencing life challenges.
This a great time of year to remember that sometimes all it takes is a shift in perception to experience a miracle.
Whether that shift is around something like a new year's resolution, a wellness goal, or a mental health concern—it's important to maintain perspective around what's happening for you and what you're experiencing.
When you can't see something differently by yourself, one of the best ways to do it is to reach out for help.
If you or someone you love is considering treatment, click the link in our bio to learn more about our levels of care and our integrated approach.
You can do this. You are strong enough.
And we are here to help: (877) 599-5339.
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(Photo of Newport Academy Adventure Therapist, Nick H.) #MondayMotivation
Where there's a will, there's waypower!
When it comes to resolutions and goals, waypower is the planning ability that helps us move forward step by step to achieve our aspirations, such as the development of new healthy habits.
Get the breakdown on this and more strategies for effective behavior change in our #FridayReads—link in bio.
#ThrowbackThursday to January 2019.
Together, we can face anything.
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(Photo from our friends at @adventurerecovery)
We're here for you every step of the way.
Newport Academy wishes you a safe and Happy New Year!
Tunes shape our point of view!
From influencing our mood to helping create our identities, music is a defining ingredient in the formation of self.
Learn why everyone is so into how @Spotify is celebrating their customized soundtrack of the decade and how music might influence teen mental health—all in today's #FridayReads. Link in bio.
Easy access and a complex underlying cause—that's why there needs to be education around the home medicine cabinet.
It's vital to understand that teens may look to relieve symptoms that are a result of mental health challenges by abusing substances that are readily available in the home.
It's even more important to make sure adolescents and young adults get help when they're struggling.
Learn the power of prevention and protect the ones you love by clicking our link in bio.
Serious question: do you know what products, commonly stored in this room, may pose a danger for teens struggling with their mental health?
Parents and peers, stay tuned for this important piece of protection and prevention education in tomorrow's post.