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When Your Child Doesn’t Believe They’re Ill: Understanding Anosognosia and Mental Illness, with Dr. Xavier Amador

anosognosia, bipolar disorder, LEAP, psychosis, schizophrenia /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
When Your Child Doesn't Believe They're Ill: Understanding Anosognosia and Mental Illness, with Dr. Xavier Amador
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Episode 298 ABOUT THE EPISODE: When your child doesn’t believe they need help, finding a path forward can feel nearly impossible and is exhausting in every way. Dr. Xavier Amador offers profound hope through his LEAP method—a neuroscience-backed approach born from both his clinical expertise and the raw reality of loving family members with schizophrenia. […]

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Lost in the Haze: A Primer on The Perfect Storm of Teens, ADHD, and Marijuana

ADHD, marijuana, psychosis /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Lost in the Haze: A Primer on The Perfect Storm of Teens, ADHD, and Marijuana
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Episode 250 ABOUT THE EPISODE: A significant number of parents in the Hopestream community find themselves facing three major issues with their kids: ‘unfinished’ adolescence brains, heavy use of marijuana, and ADHD. That probably shouldn’t be surprising; kids with ADHD are more likely to use substances earlier and more dangerously than neurotypical kids. Fortunately, though,

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Insights From Honest Conversations With Treatment Programs, Consultants, and Real World Parents, with Brenda Zane

Delta 8, insurance, IOP, PHP, psychosis, residential treatment, THC /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Insights From Honest Conversations With Treatment Programs, Consultants, and Real World Parents, with Brenda Zane
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Episode 203 ABOUT THE EPISODE:I recently sat down with over 20 treatment program owners, directors, therapists, educational consultants, and 20+ parents who are or have been on the journey with their kids, and I'm sharing the insights I gleaned in today's episode. From insurance nightmares to difficult transitions and THC-induced psychosis, I cover a lot

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Johnny’s Ambassadors: How One Mother’s Loss Started a Youth Marijuana Awareness Movement, With Laura Stack

high-potency THC, marijuana, psychosis, suicide /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Johnny’s Ambassadors: How One Mother’s Loss Started a Youth Marijuana Awareness Movement, With Laura Stack
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Episode 167 ABOUT THE EPISODE:If you currently have a teen or young adult, you likely grew up in an era of marijuana liberalization and legalization. At that time, many of us learned that marijuana was not nearly as dangerous as we were led to believe by films like Reefer Madness and claims that showed our

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The High Cost of High-Potency Marijuana For Adolescents, with Dr. Libby Stuyt

CHS, hyperemesis, marijuana, psychosis, schizophrenia, THC, top 10 /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
The High Cost of High-Potency Marijuana For Adolescents, with Dr. Libby Stuyt
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Episode 162 ABOUT THE EPISODE:When voters in Colorado legalized marijuana in the year 2000, they did so with good intentions: as compassionate health care for people with serious conditions.  After all, the FDA was approving THC-based medicines like marinol at doses of 20mg.   Then concentrates hit the market. In Colorado today, an 18-year-old with

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