· Mentality (Bristol) A youth leadership project
concerned with challenging negative attitudes surrounding the issue
of mental health, raising
awareness about
mental health problems, providing support and advice for young people, and opening up a frank public discussion.
Having been directly involved in the training
of both attorneys and
mental health professionals regarding Parental Alienation, I have developed an acute sensitivity to these issues
of professional
awareness and professional performance
concerning alienation in the context
of divorce.
There are a number
of factors which make managing A1C particularly difficult for teens including: Social pressures and responsibilities, motivation, personality, nutrition, substance use, sleep habits, brain re-structuring, defence mechanisms (such as denial and avoidance), social justice issues (oppresion — racism), diabetes education, individuation, future - oriented culture, access to
health services, family structure and dynamic issues, marital conflict between parents, family and friendship conflict with teen,
mental health stigma, academic pressure and responsibility, limited mindfulness and somatic
awareness, spirituality (especially
concerning death), an under - developed ability to conceptualize long - term cause and effect (this is developmentally normal for teens), co-parenting discrepencies, emotional inteligence, individuation, hormonal changes, the tendency for co-morbidity (people with diabetes can be more prone to additional physical and
mental health diagnosis), and many other life / environmental stressors (poverty, grief etc.).