Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center

Instead of trying to fix your teen's problems, validate them. http://ow.ly/lKBH50ELfDD?

¡La vacuna de Pfizer ahora está disponible para cualquier persona de 12 años en adelante! Ahora más neoyorquinos podrán recibir la vacuna contra el COVID-19 que salva vidas. Para obtener más información y encontrar una vacuna, visita nyc.gov/covidvaccine.

Unfortunately, there have been a lot of reasons for teens to feel anxious lately. But #anxiety doesn't have to be overwhelming. Learn about common myths to help teens manage it: http://ow.ly/Swbu50ELeHW

A timely message from our director Dr. Angela Diaz as we celebrated mothers yesterday. Watch Dr. Diaz and her physician daughter Dr. Daniela Diaz discuss why they got the #COVID19Vaccine, from NASEM Health and Medicine Division.

Experiencing puberty without the support of friends can be even more challenging than normal. Here's how parents can help adolescents as their bodies change while they're out of school: http://ow.ly/nUFi50EJfeg

As we wrap up our posts focused on #stressmanagement and welcome a new year, we continue to promote youth self-care habits. The following article from Mount Sin...ai Adolescent Health Center discusses creating regular self-care habits for teens to reduce future stress. Read here: https://buff.ly/3jLoNp0 See more

Don't miss this excellent conversation with our own Dr. Sharon Edwards and Dr. Taufique on how to talk about racism with children and adolescents:

Join us TOMORROW for the Arnhold Institute for Global Health's #WorldAIDSDay event on Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic for the World's Children. Our own Dr. John Steever will be joining to speak about HIV/AIDS in NYC. Register now: bit.ly/3fpXQpR

Avoiding exposure can be especially hard on college campuses. Here's how you can think through what's right for your family this Thanksgiving and reduce risk as much as possible: http://ow.ly/eLsz50CtCAf

How are you celebrating transgender people this #TransAwarenessWeek?

Everyone has a #COVID19 story. We want to hear yours. Take the COVID-19 Impact Survey, for young people 13-25 years old, from the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center: http://ow.ly/RP5650AtXAd

Today is a great day to practice some #selfcompassion: http://ow.ly/5fDd50CbKm8

In honor of #PrEPAwareWeek2020, check out Nathalie Duroseau, DO's guide to PrEP for young people! (While it was originally written for National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, now is the perfect time for a revisit.)

October 25-31 is #PrEPAwareWeek2020! If you're not sure about your sexual partner's HIV status and you don't always use condoms, consider taking #PrEP to protect yourself against #HIV. If you're 13-26 years old in NYC, you can get confidential PrEP services, HIV testing and more at no cost to you at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center. Call our Project IMPACT team at 212-731-7688 to make an appointment!

"...we must take advantage of the opportunity afforded by adolescence to remove barriers to optimal health and development." Read more from our director Dr. Angela Diaz & Dr. Jeffrey Hutchinson in their Viewpoint in JAMA Pediatrics:

Today is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day, a day to help stop HIV stigma and promote strategies and tools to address the disproportionate impact of HIV on Latinx communities. If you're 13-26 years old in NYC, call our HIV services program directly at 212-731-7688 for free testing, PrEP/PEP services, and/or treatment. No judgment, no charge. #NLAAD

Megan Thee Stallion on why she speaks up for Black women: "From the moment we begin to navigate the intricacies of adolescence, we feel the weight of this threat, and the weight of contradictory expectations and misguided preconceptions." #DVAM #ProtectBlackWomen

13-25 years old? Tell us how your life has changed during the #COVID19 pandemic! Take the COVID-19 Impact Survey from the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center: http://ow.ly/RP5650AtXAd

This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, let's talk about the impact of abuse on teens.

Today marks the first day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. There is no survivor justice without racial justice. #DVAM #DVAM2020

Our own Dr. John Steever helps shed light on the impact of #COVID19 on LGBTQ+ youth for Center for Health Journalism:

We applaud and thank every author of this critical statement on Promoting Equity and Inclusion in Adolescent Medicine, but we especially want to call out our own #AdolescentMedicine Fellow Dr. Nathalie Duroseau for her work and leadership.

One of our most popular blog posts answers the question, "What does sexually active mean?" It can be a (understandably!) confusing term for young people, and refers to so much more than PIV sex!

13-25 years old? We want to know what the #COVID19 pandemic has been like for YOU. Take the COVID-19 Impact Survey from the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center: http://ow.ly/RP5650AtXAd

Check out this webinar from Seaver Autism Center tomorrow on how to support children and parents returning to school!