Although we have made some progress with race relations in America, we continue to revisit painful experiences. For many parents you are faced with teaching your child at a very young age the reality of being treated different based on the color of their skin. With the recent shootings in Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights, and Dallas, many children have witnessed these events through media or participated in rallies with their families. In light of these incidents, I wanted to share some coping strategies I previously wrote several years ago following similar events. The following tips may be helpful to create resiliency in youth.
Copyright 2016 Erlanger A. Turner, Ph.D. A version of this blog was previously written and posted by Dr. Turner on Psychology Today Excerpt from an article (Famous Gospel Artist Shares the Secret He Hid from the Church) posted 2/17/16 on http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews
In the living room of his suburban Maryland home on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., he told CBN's John Jessup that he started dealing with depression when he was around 30 years old. The feeling of being overwhelmed increased after a series of tragedies that landed him in what he described as a "deep, dark well." Those included the deaths of several close friends and learning in his adult years that the man he called "dad" from childhood, was not his biological father. "All of that was going on at the same time, and I just had to talk to somebody," he explained. He approached a minister from his church, who was also a licensed clinical psychologist. "After seeing me a while she said, 'Richard, you're 100 percent clinically depressed,'" Smallwood recalled. The talks helped, but he remained in the dark hole. Click here to read the article
This year, I have decided to start a video blog series to discuss various mental health topics. In this first post I discuss the impact of stress and provide three simple tips to stay mentally healthy.
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AuthorDr. Turner is a licensed psychologist with expertise in behavioral pediatrics, child mental health, disruptive behavior disorders, and minority mental health. He is also certified as a National Register Health Service Psychologist. Archives
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