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25 Jul 2020

How can teenagers deal with mental distress?

25 Jul 2020

Being a teenager is not easy, juggling homework, extra-curricular activities, friends and maintaining an image on social media. Numerous physical and social changes including exposure to financial challenges or abuse can make them vulnerable to mental health problems, suggested Chandra Ganjoo, executive director and group CPO, Trivitron Healthcare. Promoting mental well-being and shielding teenagers from an unfriendly environment is critical for their physical and psychological growth in adulthood. Equally important for teens is to be able to analyse and ask oneself: "Is this a spell of teenage stress, or is it something else?" Being a teenager is not easy, juggling homework, extra-curricular activities, friends and maintaining an image on social media. Numerous physical and social changes including exposure to financial challenges or abuse can make them vulnerable to mental health problems, suggested Chandra Ganjoo, executive director and group CPO, Trivitron Healthcare. Promoting mental well-being and shielding teenagers from an unfriendly environment is critical for their physical and psychological growth in adulthood. Equally important for teens is to be able to analyse and ask oneself: "Is this a spell of teenage stress, or is it something else?"


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