by Sue Robbins | Mar 17, 2020 | Wellness
People of all ages are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, and teenagers, as a group, tend to experience emotions especially intensely. If you are raising, teaching or otherwise caring for an adolescent who is feeling very nervous about it, here are five...
by Sue Robbins | May 13, 2019 | Adolescents and Children
Parental attitudes, particularly maternal ones, may increase symptoms of depression and anxiety in children with episodic or chronic migraine or tension-type headache and increase their child’s perception of pain intensity, resulting in the chronification of headache,...
by Dr Robbins | Feb 20, 2012 | Headache Drugs
An article in The Journal of Head and Face Pain reported a study looking at parent-adolescent conflict, family functioning, and adolescent autonomy as predictors for depression in teens with headache. While depression and decreased activity levels are common in...