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Statement From the ABCT Board of Directors Regarding Texas Governor’s Order to Investigate Gender-Affirming Care as Child Abuse
ABCT supports Gender-Affirming treatment for adolescents
Gun Violence Briefing Book
Gun Violence: a briefing book for journalists to help put guns and violence in context and provide an overview of how CBT might help to combat those elements that promote violence and sooth the effects of the trauma witnessed upon others.
Ending Conversion Therapy
ABCT applauds Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer for signing an executive directive to stop the use of state or federal funds for conversion therapy on minors.
Maltreatment and Suicide
ABCT member Mitch Prinstein comments on the following article related to the link between childhood abuse and adult suicide.
Children’s Mental Health
ABCT offers information from other groups detailing evidence-based treatments and cognitive behavior therapy.
Trastorno Límite de la Personalidad
El trastorno límite de la personalidad (TLP) es un desorden psicológico que afecta aproximadamente entre el 1% y 2% de la población.
Suicide Briefing Book
Suicide Briefing Book: A resource for the media and lay people looking to better understand, write about, or talk about suicide.
Suicidio Adolescente
En las encuestas a estudiantes de la escuela secundaria, 8% a 10% reportan haber hecho un intento de suicidio.
Selective Mutism
Selective Mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which a child or adolescent fails to speak in specific social situations or to specific people (e.g., school, birthday parties, or to familiar adults), despite being able to speak in other situations and to other people (e.g., home, parents, or to peers).
Helping Children Cope With Divorce
There is a 50/50 chance that couples who marry today will divorce, and almost half of all children now growing up in the United States have seen or will see their parents’ marriage end.
Adolescent and Young Adults With Cancer
The effects of a cancer diagnosis and treatment may be especially upsetting for people diagnosed as adolescents and young adults.
Adolescent Suicide
Suicide the third leading cause of death for adolescents. Out of every 100 attempts, 1 adolescent will succeed in committing suicide.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have difficulties in sustaining attention to tasks, particularly if they demand more effort than usual.