Category Archive: Blog

For teens who struggle with mental health challenges or substance abuse, improving life skills is important. Treatment for mental health challenges and substance abuse at Sustain Recovery focuses on helping teens build life skills that will help them care for […]

Helping teens heal from substance abuse has a significant impact on their lives, both in adolescence and adulthood. To effectively help teens, it is important that they learn skills that protect them from further challenges with their mental health and […]

When your teen has struggled with substance abuse, it is natural to be concerned about their risk of relapse. Getting your teen help through treatment is the first step. However, after treatment, it is important that your teen continue to […]

When your teen comes home from treatment, they are in the process of healing. Your teen has undergone many changes in treatment, including learning skills that make a significant difference in their life. However, while they have built a foundation […]

When a teen is struggling with their mental health, it impacts the entire family. However, due to the many changes occurring in a teen’s development, it can be hard to know specifically what is occurring in terms of mental health […]

Many teens experience ups and downs in their daily life. Some of these ups and downs are normal. However, for some teens, it is due to challenges with addiction and mental health. In teens, mental health and addiction often go […]

When an adolescent is struggling with their mental health, they may struggle with many different co-occurring issues, including substance abuse. While treatment for addiction and substance abuse is important, mental health treatment is also vital for adolescents to heal. It […]

When adolescents experience trauma, they are impacted in many ways. This includes mental health effects that cause daily issues in a teen’s life and their development. As a result, trauma in adolescents creates the need for mental health treatment that […]

When your teen is struggling, you may wonder if they are going through the normal ups and downs of adolescence. However, if they are experiencing mental health symptoms, it could be a result of trauma or a mental health disorder. […]

As a parent of a teen struggling with a mental health disorder, it is difficult to know what the best course of action is for treatment. For many teens, a combination of treatments is most effective. This often includes medication. […]