The adolescent patients Dr. Steinbok sees at his Boca Raton practice present with a range of concerns that reflects the breadth of what the teenage years can involve. Depression is among the most common, and its presentation in adolescents frequently differs from adult depression in ways that parents miss: irritability, social withdrawal, declining academic performance, and loss of interest in previously valued activities are often the primary features rather than the sadness and hopelessness that adults associate with the condition. Anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and panic attacks, are also common in the adolescent population and can significantly restrict a teenager's social and academic development when left unaddressed.
OCD, eating disorders, self-esteem difficulties, anger dysregulation, trauma responses, and the relational challenges of family conflict and peer difficulties are all within the scope of what Dr. Steinbok addresses in his Boca Raton adolescent psychology work. Early personality presentations, including borderline features such as emotional dysregulation and unstable relational patterns and narcissistic features such as fragile self-esteem masked by grandiosity, are also seen in adolescent patients and benefit from early clinical intervention before the patterns become more fixed. Families in South Florida who recognize any of these presentations in their teenager are encouraged to reach out to Dr. Steinbok's practice for an assessment rather than waiting to see whether the difficulty resolves on its own.
