Adolescent Mental Health Los Angeles – Some Facts and Figures to Educate You

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Adolescent Mental Health Los Angeles Some
Facts and Figures to Educate You
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• The adolescent mind is extremely vulnerable to
  new experiences during the growth stage and is
  more inclined towards illegal and unhealthy
  activities like substance abuse and extreme
  habits. The adolescence age is the time when
  intervention can result in immediate results.
  Ignoring the mental problems at the early stage
  can often lead to dire results.
• The Polaris Adolescent Mental Health Facility Los
  Angeles brings you some facts to ponder upon.

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• Do you know?
• A persons learning capacity never exceeds the
  level at which it is during adolescence.
• It takes about 25 years for a brain to develop
  fully.
• Although, the brain reaches 90 capacity in an
  adult but goes through dynamic changes throughout
  the adolescence.
• 75 mental health problems develop before 25
  years of age.
• 1 in 4 youngsters experience anxiety, depression
  or substance abuse in a year.
• 6.9 of teens today fall above the line, which is
  a set criterion for substance abuse.
• Teenagers who began substance abuse before the
  age of 18 are 6.5X more likely to develop
  substance abuse disorder.
• Only 10 of the teens that need substance abuse
  treatment actually receive it.
• Only 122,000 people received treatment for
  substance abuse resulting from mental health
  illness in 2013 out of 2.3 million

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• Adolescent Mental Health Treatment in Los Angeles
  not only involves biological treatment, but also
  physical and social rehabilitation through the
  following
• Give and Accept Support
• Do Things That Make You Happy
• Talk To Friends Family
• Eat Well and Keep Active
• Polaris Adolescent Mental Health Facility in Los
  Angeles promises a revitalized life as a teen
  after discharge!

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Polaris Teen Center, Llc 4670 Encino Ave Encino,
CA 91316 USA PH 818-616-8650