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A substance-induced anxiety disorder is when a person has panic attacks or other anxiety symptoms caused by one or more substances.

Depression is a mood disorder. This means that the condition affects your child's mood and behavior. No one is exactly sure what causes depression. It is known that depression is associated with changes in levels of certain chemicals in the brain. These chemicals affect the ability to feel and experience pleasure.

Your teen has recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness. There are things you can do to help you and your teen cope.

An angiodysplasia is an abnormal blood vessel that can form in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Learn about problems it can cause and about how it is diagnosed and treated.

A nasojejunal (N-J) tube goes into your nose and down to the first part of your small intestine to help you get liquid nutrition and medicine. Learn about how the tube is placed and how to care for it.

Autoimmune encephalitis can be life changing. The symptoms may be hard to cope with. Recovery can also take time, sometimes months to a year. It can help to take an active role in your care.

Alpha-gal syndrome is a potentially serious type of food allergy. It’s also known as tick bite meat allergy. Knowing more about it can help you make the best decisions about your care.

The preteen and teen years are a time when your child is going through many changes—both physical and emotional. During this time, young people may start to have negative thoughts about their appearance. This might be because of issues they have with weight, height, acne, or a health condition. Or they may be comparing themselves negatively to images they see on social media.

Whatever the issue is for your child, you can play a key role in helping them have a more positive, healthy body image. This takes time, patience, and love. And it means helping your child focus on the importance of what

Providing healthcare isn’t always as simple as putting a cast on a broken bone or stitching up a cut. Understanding different people and their needs can be complicated. It can help, as a provider, to have a fuller picture of the patient’s situation.

Consider that many adults have been through a trauma in their lives. A patient’s negative past experiences can affect their care.

An approach called trauma-informed care takes this into account. It changes the focus from what is wrong with a person to what has happened to that person. The patient brings their past experiences to their interaction