HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS
“Harmony of mind, body, and spirit”
All YHH.ROCKS Health and Wellness Programs will allow young people to contribute to the development of Health and Wellness projects that will better their lives and create great communities around the world. These programs will be created and developed in close collaboration with local, national, and international Health Organizations that have shown over and over that they genuinely care.
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Stages of Youth Mental Health Development
- Early Childhood (0-10): Focuses on foundational emotional regulation, social skills, and developing a sense of competence.
- Early Adolescence (10-14): Driven by puberty, this stage features concrete “black-and-white” thinking, intense self-consciousness, increased need for privacy, and early exploration of independence.
- Middle Adolescence (15-17): Characterized by increased risk-taking behavior, peer influence, and the development of abstract thinking skills.
- Late Adolescence/Early Adulthood (18-25): Focuses on consolidating identity, making long-term plans, and managing increased responsibility.
Key Areas of Change and Concern
- Brain Development: The limbic system (emotions) develops faster than the frontal lobe (reasoning), leading to heightened emotionality and impulsivity.
- Common Disorders: Anxiety is most prevalent (4.1%–5.3% of 10-19 year old’s), followed by depression.
- Mental Health Onset: Roughly 80% of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) cases begin between ages 4 and 11, while many other mental health disorders emerge during the teenage years.
Stages of Mental Health Condition Progression (Clinical Staging)
- Pre-symptomatic/Risk Stage: Genetic or environmental factors exist, but no symptoms are present.
- Mood Stage: Mild, non-specific symptoms (e.g., anxiety, minor mood swings) appear, often lasting weeks or months.
- First-Episode/Acute Stage: Full, severe symptoms emerge, significantly interfering with school, home, or social functioning.
- Chronic/Persistent Stage: Symptoms become long-lasting, requiring ongoing treatment and management.
Signs of Concern Across All Stages
- Distress: Behavior causes significant suffering to the youth or family.
- Dysfunction: Impairment in school, home, or social settings.
- Duration: Symptoms persist for weeks rather than days.
- Deviation: Behavior is significantly different from what is developmentally typical.
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