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New Year’s resolution: Ditch the weight loss talk

Many people’s New Year’s resolutions center around starting new habits and trying to get healthier. People often have a goal of losing a certain number of pounds or going to the gym a certain number of times. But Dr. Katy Miller suggests taking a different approach to resolutions with your kids.

A Q&A on mental health support at Children’s Minnesota

While we hope to help as many kids and teens as we can, our new inpatient mental health unit does have a capacity limit. We understand this may cause confusion and frustration for parents. Children’s Minnesota wants to address the questions you may have about this.

Children’s Minnesota opened its first inpatient mental health unit

Children’s Minnesota is pleased to announce that on Nov. 29, 2022, we opened our first inpatient mental health unit, located at our St. Paul hospital.

Equity action and our new mental health unit

We want all kids to feel safe and supported in our new mental health unit. Here's how we're practicing culturally humble and knowledgeable care.

Children’s Minnesota to open its first inpatient mental health unit Nov. 29

Children’s Minnesota is pleased to announce the opening of its first inpatient mental health unit, located at its St. Paul hospital, starting Nov. 29, 2022. It is expected to care for more than 1,000 children and adolescents annually, serving the urgent mental health needs of the most vulnerable kids in Minnesota and the region.

Children’s Minnesota to open its first inpatient mental health unit

Children’s Minnesota is pleased to announce the opening of its first inpatient mental health unit, located at its St. Paul hospital, starting Nov. 29, 2022. It is expected to care for more than 1,000 children and adolescents annually, serving the urgent mental health needs of the most vulnerable kids in Minnesota and the region.

Our children’s ‘inner pandemic’

Although my kids are now adults, as a parent I never stop worrying about them. Just like my parents probably never stopped worrying about me. One thing that is different now, though, is what we worry about. 

Mental health matters. For all kids.

Mental health matters. Let’s rephrase that. Mental health support is critical for all kids.

Boys do cry: Black male mental health matters

We never talked about "trauma" when I was growing up. Here's how we can, and why we must, do better for young people today.

One child’s mental health struggle turns into a life-long passion

Everyone deserves a healthy, happy childhood. But we know that children have been struggling. In this blog, a mom shares her family's personal experience coping with her son's mental health crisis and how they made it through to the other side.