Utah has a depression rate of 4% higher (21.5%) than the US average (17.3%). In 2017, suicide was the leading cause of death for Utah residents age 10 to 24. 58.6% of adolescents with depression do not receive treatment. Utah women are twice as likely to be diagnosed...
Trust is crucial in any relationship but is especially important in a parent/child relationship. Unfortunately, trust can easily be broken but it is very difficult to be repaired. Many young adults believe their parents and other older adults are...
With today’s divorce rates being notoriously high, there is no question that divorce, and the subsequent creation of non-traditional families, greatly impacts the views of young adults. The way marriage is portrayed and handled in today’s society greatly influences...
Anti-Social Screen Obsession is Actually Due to Hyper-Social Need to Connect with Others Says New Study While it’s no secret that we, as modern people, have an unhealthy fixation with our various electronic screens, a new study suggests that our obsession with...
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make...
3 Years Sober and Loving Life What brought you to ATC? Substance abuse, anxiety, depression & emotional dysregulation. I didn’t have a vision of what life as an independent adult was like. I had no direction for life after high school. Had you been to any programs...
At ATC we hold a weekly co-ed recovery support group that meets on Tuesday afternoons at our clubhouse. Not all members of the group have a primary substance use disorder or are necessarily substance dependent. The qualification to be in the group is simply a desire...
Almost everyone will display some sort of overly aggressive, unproductive acts of unwarranted anger at one time or another. For many young adults who experience frequent outbursts, or exhibit threatening behaviors, individual therapy or anger management programs are...
When psychologists at Kansas State University began delving into health data gathered on 13,000 adults and children, they discovered a gene that may be the reason some children become rule breakers as they are growing up. This gene, DAT1, appears to lead to mild rule...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the fastest growing group of developmental disabilities. Given the growing prevalence of ASD, there is increasing focus, understandably, on the screening, diagnosis, and interventions for young children. However, there is less...
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