Total Teen Health and Wellness: A Doctor's Guide for Parents
Total Teen Health and Wellness is a biweekly podcast for parents of teenagers to learn more about medical and mental health issues in their children. Dr. Shanna Garza, an Adolescent Medicine physician and expert, provides essential education and helpful guidance to parents to help them better understand how to empower and encourage their teen children to live healthy and balanced lives. Parenting the whole teen requires moms and dads to know about the physical health and mental well-being of their children. Dr. Garza is here to guide!
Episodes
26 episodes
25. Why I Refer My Patients for Therapy: An Adolescent Medicine Physician Perspective
Therapy is an important part of mental health care for teenagers. Patients improve more when they are connected to a therapist who helps them build healthy coping skills, work on relationship issues and improve their self esteem. There ar...
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Episode 25
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14:32
24. Anti-Diet: How Parents Can Teach Their Chidren Balance with Food and Exercise
Parents are the ultimate teachers for their kids and can be role models by showing balance with food, body and exercise. Following up Episode #23 on Why Diets are Not Good for Teens, this episode reviews how parents can help their teen and youn...
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Episode 24
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11:08
23. New Year, New You? Why Diets Are Not a Good Idea For Teens!
The diet industry targets teenagers during this time of new years' resolutions through social media and marketing. Dieting is never a good idea for teenagers who are still growing and developing. Dieting, which is essentially restrictive eating...
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Episode 23
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18:07
22. Worried About the Risk of Prescription Drug Use in Your Teen? Parents, Listen to Learn More!
Parents hear scary stories in the news every week about drug overdoses in teens related to prescription pill misuse. 10% of teenagers report misusing a prescription drug in the last six months. Now, the risk is even greater given how many pills...
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Episode 22
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14:30
21. Is It Ever Safe for My Teen to Use Marijuana? Parents, Know the Risks!
Teenagers and young adults have easy access to marijuana, and many are using cannabis frequently and heavily. Chronic use of marijuana has higher risks to young people due to the developing teen brain. Dr. Shanna Garza reviews medical and menta...
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Episode 21
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20:34
20. Suicide Prevention in Teens and Young Adults: Parents, Know the Warning Signs
In honor of September being National Suicide Prevention Month, Dr. Shanna Garza discusses risk factors and warnings signs for suicide in teenagers and young adults. There are many mental health and medical risk factors for which patients need t...
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Episode 20
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14:46
19. Teen Gynecology: Common Issues Your Teen Daughter May Have
In Adolescent Medicine, we are often the first doctors to address patient concerns related to women's health and gynecology. In this episode, Dr. Shanna Garza, Adolescent Medicine physician and expert, reviews common gynecology concerns she tre...
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Episode 19
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14:37
18. Sexually Transmitted Infections: What Your Teenager or Young Adult Child Needs to Know!
Sexually transmitted infections (STI's) are common infections in sexually active teens. Many teens don't know that they are infected or that they have been exposed. Dr. Shanna Garza, Adolescent Medicine physician and clinic director of Girls to...
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Episode 18
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16:26
17. Healthy Sexuality in Teenagers: Is Your Teen Ready to Have Sex and Stay Safe?
Parents of teenagers and young adults can start the conversation around healthy sexuality with their children. Dr. Shanna Garza, Adolescent Medicine expert and host of Total Teen Health and Wellness, guides parents on what questions to ask to m...
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Episode 17
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13:01
16. Contraception Options for Teenagers: Learn How to Help Your Teen Prevent Pregnancy
Many Adolescent patients and their parents are very concerned about having access to effective contraception to prevent pregnancy. Given the recent ban on access to abortion in many states, including Texas, sexually active teenagers and young p...
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Episode 16
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17:52
15. Getting Your Teen Ready for College- Why They Need to Have a Pre-College Visit to Discuss Guidance and Safety Issues
Parents of incoming college freshman often are overwhelmed getting their children ready for college. Seeing a doctor over the summer for a pre-college visit is an important task to check off during this process. Dr. Shanna Garza, Adolescent Med...
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Episode 15
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19:21
14. Why Does My Teen Need a Sports Physical Every Year? Listen to Learn More!
Every parent of a student athlete knows summer is the time to get all of the forms signed for school! The Pre-participation Screening Exam is required in most schools for teen athletes and students to participate in any physical activity at sch...
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Episode 14
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13:01
13. Why Do Teenagers Need an Annual Wellness Exam? Learn More About Preventive Care in Teens and Young Adults
Listen to learn why teenagers and young people need a yearly wellness preventive visit. Dr. Shanna Garza, Adolescent Medicine physician and host of Total Teen Health and Wellness, reviews all of the important things covered in these visits. It'...
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Episode 13
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19:23
12. Atypical Anorexia- It Can Be Very Hard For Parents and Clinician to Identify, Learn How
Atypical Anorexia is a common eating disorder of which it may be challenging for parents to be aware. Patients often do not have weight loss and may actually be at a normal weight. Dr. Shanna Garza, Adolescent Medicine physician, offers i...
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Episode 12
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12:59
11. Medical Issues Related to Eating Disorders: A Guide for Parents to Understand What to Watch Out For and What to Expect
Eating disorders affect teenage and young adult patients' mental health and their physical health, leading to many symptoms and possible complications. Dr. Shanna Garza, Adolescent Medicine expert, discusses how eating disorders affect patients...
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17:19
10. Intro to Eating Disorders- How Parents Can Help Identify Disordered Eating Behaviors and Get Their Teens Help
Eating disorders affect many children, teenagers and young adults. They are one of the most deadly mental health conditions due to medical complications and suicide. It's critical that parents know what to look for in their children and when to...
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Episode 10
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17:08
9. What Parents Can Expect As Their Children and Teenagers Go Through Puberty: Is This Normal?
Puberty in children and teenagers is a process of physical, emotional and psychological growth. Parents often wonder if what their child is experiencing is a normal part of development. Dr. Shanna Garza, host of Total Teen Health and Wellness, ...
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19:40
8. It's Critical That Teens Receive the COVID-19 Vaccination: Learn Why!
Vaccination against COVID-19 helps protect teens from infection, serious complications and hospitalization. The current COVID-19 vaccine is effective and should be given to all teenagers age 12 and older. Now is a critical time for more teenage...
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Episode 8
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14:45
7. Self Harm in Teenagers- What Parents Need to Know to Help Their Teen Children
Self-harm or self-injury affects 15% of teenagers today. In this episode, Dr. Shanna Garza, Adolescent Medicine physician and expert, discusses how self-harm stems from maladaptive coping skills. Teens who self harm often have underlying ...
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Episode 7
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12:09
6. ADHD in Teenagers and Young Adults: How Does ADHD Affect Teens and What Tools Help Improve Symptoms?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects many teenagers and young adults and impacts their functioning in school, work and home life. Adolescent Medicine expert and Total Teen Health and Wellness- A Doctor’s Guide for Parents hos...
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Episode 6
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16:16
5. School Avoidance- How to Help Your Teen Get Back to School
School avoidance affects 5% of children and teens. Many patients are refusing to go to school because of physical symptoms such as headache and stomache which are commonly due to anxiety. Parents often seek medical advice to make sure their chi...
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Episode 5
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13:56
4. Anxiety in Teenagers and Young Adults- Why do Teens Have High Rates of Anxiety?
Anxiety in teenagers is at very high levels and increasing. One in three teenagers will experience anxiety during the middle school and high school years. Parenting teens with anxiety can be hard, and it's important to get support and guidance....
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15:32
3. Depression in Teens- Know the Warning Signs and How to Get Help
Depression in teenagers is increasing due to the stress and social isolation of COVID. Teens are wired to be connected to their peers so this past year has really impacted their mental health and led to a crisis of depression and suicide. Paren...
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Episode 3
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13:53
2. Help Your Teenager Get Better Sleep
Sleep is critically important for normal development and healthy growth in teens. Lack of sleep affects teenagers’ mental and physical well-being. Dr. Shanna Garza, host of Total Teen Health and Wellness, reviews how important sleep is for adol...
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Episode 2
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13:51
1. Encouraging Healthy Self Care Habits in Teens
Self care helps teenagers improve their physical and mental health. It’s what teens do day-to day in caring for themselves that impacts their well-being and health. Self care shows teens how to effectively manage their stress and to build healt...
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Episode 1
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13:04