Parents looking for effective therapy methods to help a struggling young teen (ages 12-17) can learn about how we treat Mood Swings at our affordable therapeutic boarding school near Austin in Bastrop, TX.
(830) 257-5714
New Hope Boys Home, a Teen Challenge TX center, understands that parents want to send their son to a safe, monitored environment where he receives personal care, and individual therapies that help heal emotional and mental disorders–whether brought on by trauma, foster care, adoption or family genetics.
And while the young teen enrolls our therapeutic boarding school for counseling, treatment, and improving academic/life skills, New Hope Boys Home also helps students struggling with mood swings improve their mental and physical health.
Mood Swings?
Toddlers and young children often appear “moody” and may throw tantrums as they learn to regulate their emotions. While they’re generally a normal part of emotional development, mood swings in children can also be a sign of an underlying mental health disorder, learning disability, or even a physical ailment.
As kids get older, mood swings continue to be a normal part of their development. By the time they enter the preteen years, fluctuations in mood are primarily driven by hormonal changes. These shifts in mood tend to peak during adolescence and gradually stabilize by young adulthood.
What a Young Teen Eats…
A child or teen who is eating a diet that’s nutritionally inadequate or not getting enough to eat may experience mood changes in response to fluctuating blood sugar levels and malnourishment.
Digestive disorders that affect the body’s ability to absorb nutrients, such as Celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), have also been associated with mood swings. These conditions have also been linked to specific mental health conditions, such as depression.
How a Young Teen Sleeps…
A child’s mood can also be heavily influenced by the amount and quality of sleep they get. A teen who is sleep-deprived (especially when chronic) may experience intense mood fluctuations as well as other psychiatric symptoms.
New Hope Gives Boys Healthier Ways to Deal with Mood Swings
That’s why New Hope Boys Home treats Mood Swings. Therapists address your son’s symptoms to determine if the mood swings are symptoms of other mental disorders, or not, and create an individual treatment plan to follow at school, including therapy. We also provide nutritious meals, and healthy exercise and activities. We want each student to experience effective counseling and treatment, as well as improve daily life at school, and back home with family.
New Hope Boys Home is an affordable, year-round Christian boarding school for boys ages 12-17 who are misbehaving and struggling self-destructive or dangerous behaviors. We help boys transform into responsible, respectful and peaceful young men. The low-cost boarding school and therapeutic program in Central Texas features licensed counselors, top academics and adventurous therapeutic activities. Boys also benefit from teaching servanthood and mentoring, designed to better transition them into adulthood.
If you want to learn more about how we treat teen boys struggling with Mood Swings at our Teen Challenge therapeutic boarding school, please call now. (830) 257-5714
Sources:
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-are-mood-swings-1067178
