Mind On Mental Health

Three Common Eating Disorder Misconceptions

“Just eat!”
Having an eating disorder involves so much more than wanting to be thin. Andy is joined by Dr. Kristyn Pecsi, attending psychiatrist at Princeton Center for Eating Disorders, who demystifies eating disorders and discusses common misconceptions surrounding the illness.
 
5:45 Why it’s dangerous to rapidly lose weight
12:00 What do people with eating disorders look like?
13:52 The complexities of eating disorders and other mental illnesses
23:00 Is not eating a suicide attempt?
 
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How to Build Your Own Self Esteem - Part 2

How can you build your own self-esteem? There are incremental steps you can take, including finding ways to “fail safely”.
Andy’s guest, Peter Maclearie, LCSW, is Clinical Manager for Adult Programming at Penn Medicine – Princeton House Behavioral Health in Eatontown, New Jersey. 
 
4:10 Why therapy is so helpful in addressing self-esteem issues
 
6:28 How your thought process and cognitive distortions affect your self-esteem
 
12:00 What are core beliefs and how do they impact self-esteem?
 
16:55 The importance of finding ways to “fail safely”
 
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Three Tips to Help Your Child’s Mental Health as They Return to In-Person School

Parents, teachers, and mental health professionals suspected kids might have a hard time with the transition back to in-person school. In this episode, we’ll learn about three different ways parents can improve their child’s mental health in this season of change.
Andy continues his conversation with Dr. Madhurani Khare who is the Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Heath as well as the Medical Director of Princeton House Behavioral Health’s Hamilton outpatient site. 
 
1:45       Establishing a routine and the importance of a sleep schedule
9:25       Addressing mental health and academic issues as soon as possible
17:32     The importance of validating your child’s feelings and experience and how to do it
 
 
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Mental Health Challenges Facing Kids as They Return to In-Person Learning

Going back to in-person school is a huge step for kids who have been learning at home for more than a year. How can you tell if your child is having trouble with the transition? What are some of the obstacles kids are confronting now, and how is are they affecting kids’ mental health?
In this episode, Andy interviews Dr. Madhurani Khare who is the Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Heath as well as the Medical Director of Princeton House Behavioral Health’s Hamilton outpatient site. 
 
1:34       How to tell if your child is having difficulty adjusting to in-person learning
 
4:08       Why the change to in-person learning is impacting adolescents’ mental health
 
7:00       Why in-person peer interactions could be Impacting adolescents’ mental health
 
8:55       Changes in school work expectations and their relation to anxiety
 
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