Macks Psychology Group

09/10/2024

Our Fall Social Skills groups begin September 23! This is a great opportunity for your child/teen to have a safe space to learn, have fun, and connect with others. The start of the school year can be tough, so this is a fantastic opportunity for them to have some extra support. Spots fill up quickly, so register today!

Macks Psychology Group Services - Anxiety, Depression, Social Skills Development, Girls Groups, Study Skills & Educational Goal Setting, College Transition Bootcamp

07/25/2024

The Macks Psychology Group is excited to welcome Noah Gilbert, Ed.S. to our mental health team! Mr. Gilbert is a licensed school psychologist who is working for us from a satellite location in Milford. He is offering ADHD coaching and anxiety coaching for ages 7 - 18. Mr. Gilbert also specializes in psychological testing for ADHD and psychoeducational evaluations for learning disabilities. He is accepting Caresource Medicaid insurance as well as self-pay. Please call us at 513-204-5746 to schedule your appointment with Mr. Gilbert.

03/08/2024

Did you know that people with ADHD have a higher rate of car accidents than people who don't have ADHD? If you consider that fact along with the well-known fact that teenage drivers have a higher rate of car accidents than older adults, then it is easy to see why a driving program developed specifically for teenagers with ADHD could be so valuable. Cincinnati Children's Hospital is now offering such a program. See the blog below about details for the program.

Roadways can be a dangerous place for teen drivers, even more so for those diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This is because those with ADHD may have difficulty sustaining visual attention to the roadway, especially when distracted.

08/25/2023

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Parents, this is a great video about the importance of teaching our kids to have a growth mindset and resiliency when it comes to achieving our long term goals.

08/03/2023

Below is a link to a really good article about the cognitive and psychological benefits of free play for children. The article provides an in-depth explanation of why children benefit so much from increased autonomy to play and interact with peers without constant direction or overview from adults. While this is not to suggest that children should be entirely unmonitored and provided with no guidance, it does strongly suggest that much of the declining child/teen mental health throughout our country may be due in large part to the similar decline that children and teens experience with independence and unsupervised opportunities.

07/26/2023

The internet has done wonders for enabling people to have quick access to all kinds of useful information. Among the useful things available is information about medical and mental health concerns. People are able to learn more about various diagnoses, treatment options, and connect with people who have had similar struggles. Online information can help people decide whether they should meet with a mental health professional for an evaluation or treatment. However, there is also a lot of inaccurate or misleading information online, particularly as it pertains to mental health.

Platforms such as TikTok enable people to learn more about ways in which mental health challenges or diagnostic categories may apply to them, but it also can mislead people as most of the videos about mental health topics are not posted by mental health professionals. In these videos, people often talk about their own "symptoms" of a diagnosis, yet in many cases, the symptoms of which they speak are not specific to that diagnosis. Or, people may focus their video on one specific symptom even though most mental health disorders require the presence of several different symptoms.

Below is a very good article from Psychology Today that discusses TikTok's mental health information and how to interpret it.

The social media phenomenon is driving self-diagnosis.

05/25/2023

Below is a link to an interesting article showing a correlation between the age at which a child received their first smartphone or tablet and their overall mental health well-being as a young adult. In summary, the study suggested that the younger the age at which a child first receives a smartphone or tablet, the lower they are likely to score in mental health well-being as a young adult. It is worth noting that the study is correlational, meaning that the results do not prove that smart devices are harmful to mental health, but it is certainly worth considering as a contributing factor. However, it should also be noted that, as stated by the American Psychological Association, the needs of every family and the developmental maturity of each child is different. As such, a one size fits all approach may not apply, but the findings from this study certainly are worthy of consideration in deciding when best to introduce your child to their own smart device.

05/10/2023

Registration for our popular Social Skills Summer Bootcamp is now open! This is a great opportunity for children and teens with anxiety, mild Autism, ADHD, or those who are simply shy and struggle to make or keep friends. We do want to mention that these groups are not in any way meant to address behavior management or oppositional tendencies. For more information and to sign up, please visit our website:
https://www.mackspsychology.com/groups