Dr. Nicole Siegfried, Chief Clinical Officer at Lightfully Behavioral Health discusses how teens are affected by social media. Recently, Instagram announced that the social media platform would be adding parental controls to its accounts. These changes after waves of...

"Though mental health concerns are common, it can be difficult to watch a loved one struggling with these issues. Whether it’s depression or anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or another of the many mental health issues that can affect someone’s life, looking...

"The first time it happens, you may be caught off-guard, but it's a common situation for many parents: Your child expresses concern about their body size. If this has happened to you, you're certainly not alone." Parents can encourage their children to develop healthy...

“It is important to reiterate that this is a cross-sectional, correlational study, so causation cannot be determined. For example, this study does not show that smoking and substance abuse causes more distress than substance abuse alone,” explains Nicole Siegfried,...

When Madeline Freeman was in high school, 12 of her classmates died by suicide. Though the experience in Freeman's community was extreme, it wasn't isolated. Lightfully's Nicole Siegfried discusses the link between social media use and depression. In "No Social Media...

A discussion of the connection between depression and insomnia from Healthline. Lightfully's Nicole Siegfried, PhD, CEDS, is interviewed about this connection and the use of supplements to treat insomnia. Depression and insomnia often go hand in hand. In fact,...