by The Children's Treatment Center | May 11, 2025 | General
Have you noticed your child becoming fixated on certain thoughts or rituals and wondered if it’s normal or something more? You’re not alone. Anxiety affects millions of children, but another condition—OCD—often goes overlooked. Though similar, OCD requires...
by The Children's Treatment Center | Nov 23, 2018 | General
Self harm or self-injury is the intentional wounding of one’s own body. Most often, people who self harm will cut themselves with a sharp object. Self harming may also include: severely scratching areas of their body with a fingernail or sharpened object carving words...
by The Children's Treatment Center | Jun 18, 2018 | General
A hypochondriac is someone who lives with the fear that they have a serious, but undiagnosed medical condition, even though diagnostic tests show there is nothing wrong with them. Hypochondriacs experience extreme anxiety from the bodily responses most people take for...
by The Children's Treatment Center | Sep 6, 2017 | General
PANDAS disease (short for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections) isn’t a true disease. Instead, it is a rare disorder that can occur in children following a strep throat infection. With PANDAS strep, the child’s body...
by The Children's Treatment Center | Nov 22, 2016 | General
While we tend to think of childhood as a carefree time of life, the fact is that many children suffer from mental conditions and disorders, just the same as adults. Among other things, children’s mental health concerns can include emotional, behavioral, and...
