Episode 11: How To Strengthen Teen's Mental Health During the Covid-19 Crisis

Mind the Gap. Teens Talk We Listen

This episode was recorded remotely to honor the CDC requests to distance ourselves. We apologize for the sound quality as we work to find the best recording option while following social distancing protocols.

During the Covid-19 pandemic we wanted to give parents and teens help to strengthen their mental health. For those that struggle with anxiety and depression as well as those who don't, isolation and social distancing can increase feelings of depression and anxiety. Jeremy discusses tips from a brilliant study on reversing the course of depression done by Alex Korb, a neuroscientist. Teens Austin and Quincy give us insight on how they're doing during this isolation period and discuss their feelings of missing out on finishing their senior year. Sherry weighs in on her own feelings of missing out on her son experiencing his senior year as they had imagined it.

Alex Korb gives 4 tips that can help anyone who may be struggling mentally during this time of isolation and lack of school and sport activities to keep teens busy.

You may listen to Korb's book "The Upward Cycle" on Audible:

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Upward-Spiral-Audiobook/B00T3J3M54?ds_rl=1262685&ds_rl=1263561&ds_rl=1260658&source_code=GO1GB907OSH060513&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZqdBM2ct9apIPxYvQQHO9hCyB37eMN3JUoaeHXTzqn6FzgEC_5VjtkaArq4EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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