A Study of Adolescence Anxiety, Depression and Low Self-esteem

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of therapy that aims to help a person manage their problems by changing how they think and act. It is a problem solving approach which recognizes that clients have a behavioral

Adolescents today face a myriad of stressors in their lives that can impact who they are and who they will become. Bio-psychosocial stressors appear to be more prevalent in minority adolescents who reside in lower socioeconomic households. Impoverished neighborhoods experience a great deal of financial difficulties, crime, and single parent homes. Adolescents growing up in these households often have lower grades in school and a lack of self confidence verses their counterparts. Below these stressors will be discussed in greater detail.

Psychosocial issues such as anxiety and depression can contribute to medical problems, substance abuse, and a life of crime. If psychosocial issues are not treated, they may affect the child health and wellness. It is very important for the child to learn ways to cope with these issues to be able to live a healthy and fulfilled life. Anxiety and depression can cause a child to withdraw from society and have problems trusting people. Children and adolescents with psychosocial problems often lead a destructive lifestyle. These children and adolescents are at risk for becoming alcoholics and committing crimes as teenagers and/or adults (James,

#*CBT is an intensive therapeutic approach that helps isolate thought patterns that contribute to anxiety. Over the course of therapy, you may learn to identify unhelpful thought patterns and learn techniques to change them.

Another form of therapy for child abuse is called the Abuse-focused cognitive behavioral therapy ( AF-CBT). It involves the children, those who have been physical abused or had severe physical punishment, as well as the offending parent. It teaches the parents and children emotional control to reduce violent conflict. Understanding of family violence, thought/ feelings of abuse, and how-to manager anger/stress are also part of AF-CBT. Parents also focus on self-regulation, and how to manage feelings and reactions, as well as focusing on the responsibility of the abuse. AF-CBT helps the child and parent solve problems, and communicate effectively. The study suggests that a this therapy causes a decrease in parent-to-child violence, parental distress, and abuse risk. After a year, there is family functioning. As well as children experience less physical discipline and fewer problems (Paul, Gray, Elhai, Massad, & Stamm, 2006).

Cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT is a combination of two effective therapies: cognitive and behavioral. Cognitive therapy applies to the thinking process and belief system while behavioral therapy applies to people's actions. The structure of CBT formed in the 1960s and is used in both individual and group therapy settings. It was developed and refined by several prominent doctors, has received ample criticism from the mental health community and has stood the test of time and cynicism.

CBT is defined as a form of mental health based counseling, focusing on errors of cognition and perception. It usually involves a limited number of individual outpatient sessions (Park et al., 2013). This form of therapy, “helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking, so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way,” (“Cognitive behavioral therapy”, 2014, para. 1).

The research was done in a residential facility in which the subjects were legally mandated to go through treatment, meaning they were not able to drop from the study. The subject criteria included adolescent males between the ages of 14 and 17 that had a history of issues with aggression and whose families were willing

This form of treatment was founded by a psychiatrist named Aaron Beck in the 1960s. Cognitive behavioral therapy, also referred to as CBT is an approach a therapist or mental health counselor will take where the main goal is to change the thoughts and associated behavior of the patient This is done in order to allow the patient to function normally. This type of therapy is usually short term, and can very beneficial and allows them to become aware of ways to cope and manage their disorder and the stress that comes along with

An important difference between the two approaches is that CBT therapy may have a short duration, whereas in the psychodynamic approach the treatment period is expected to be long and may even last for years. Another difference between the two approaches is that CBT is a structured therapy with specific

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a generic umbrella term for a category of therapy approach that focus on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and actions. There are many different types of CBT. Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (Ellis’s REBT) and Cognitive Therapy (Beck’s CT) are the two main types.

CBT and Psychoanalysis have a different explanation about what factors can cause us have negative feelings and unwanted behaviours. So they both have a different therapy approach about how to help the client cope with their problem effectively.

Depression a word we’re familiar with especially when it comes to adults, we know adults get depress and we understand the reasons, with the high demands in life it’s not uncommon to get lost in the shuffle. Depression in adult is something we have known for many years, but what has surprised many of us is that adolescents also get depressed. I myself still don’t fully understand the reasons why or how this happens. I see it very often adolescent coming in to the ER because they are depressed and want to hurt themselves, and each and every single time I’m shock. What could be so bad in their lives that would make them think they have no way out? This is the reason why I choice this topic, I want to learn more of how this disease affects so many children and teens and what we can do to stop it.

Narcissism in the younger generations is at an all-time high. This means that the younger generation is less caring, less civil minded, and more likely to cheat (Twenge, 2014, p. 98,100). They may even be more likely to commit mass shootings (p. 99). Narcissism can be defined as excessively high self-esteem (Twenge, 2014, p. 92). What has caused high rates of narcissism in Generation Me? There is a multitude of factors, but most prominent are the deterioration of community values, childhood self-esteem boosting, and our society’s fear of low self-esteem.