An article I circulated on Twitter on Monday about Children’s art during the pandemic received a lot of interest, underlining the concern that many have regarding the negative mental health impact of the pandemic on children and youth. The article details the many problems mental health professionals are noticing in children and teens. When a …
I am not really a space geek at all, but I have been fascinated by the stories about and from the latest NASA Mars Rover, Perseverance. I have been talking to everyone about the updates and showing them my favourite pictures from the website. I am also following the Perseverance on Twitter. The scientific prowess …
Working in my program right now is like working in a parallel universe. I cannot help thinking that somewhere else in time and space an alternate Dr. Beck is living a life that was just like last year while I am trapped in this unusual “other world”. The problem is that my present world is …
“I LOVE it!!” “I knew you would! It’s the best colour and it’s so warm.” There are squeals as two girls greet each other in the frigid air, their eyes dancing over the tops of their masks. One girl is rubbing the sleeves of the powder blue jacket that she loves and her friend admires. …
In the last four months, the corridors of the Youth Program have been opening up. The classroom is being used and youth are going to the gym. We are going on walks. I have, as usual, been at work most days, taking five days off for a retreat and two days off while waiting for …
If you look at last week’s blog, you will notice that a friend reminded me that the elderly are lonely also. It reminded me that, when my mother died, mu youngest son said, ”I’ve lost one of my best friends.” When my children were young, my mother was their caregiver and, even after she was …
Last week after I wrote about how some youth with worsening mental health symptoms might not get help because no one notices, the youth that I know began to come to me with their own suggestions. “Dr. Beck, you have to write a blog and tell people how to prevent loneliness.” “You know, Dr. Beck, …
In every city, in every region, across the country – probably around the world – the youth mental health crisis is building. In their bedrooms, in their parents’ basements, in shelters, young people are “attending” virtual classes while they dwindle away, becoming less and less confident about their future. These are youth who were already …
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I was pleased that TheScientificParent.org asked me to write a guest blog in response to the shootings in Louisiana. I seek to address how a parent can help children and youth cope with difficult news. They also have good advice on other topics as well, which I hope will…
I took two weeks off over the holiday. This is the most vacation time I have had since January 2020. Like many of my colleagues, I have been working directly with patients: on an inpatient unit and in a school. While I was away from this clinical work for two full weeks, there was one …
