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Anxiety often gets a bad rap. Feelings of anxiety allow us to recognize difficult situations and gear up our bodies and minds to tackle them. Olympic athletes experience anxiety before competing. Teenagers experience anxiety before taking a college entrance exam. Toddlers...

The Difference Between Autism and Asperger Syndrome

August 13, 2016

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Few events are more distressing to a parent than when their child receives a diagnosis of a chronic, challenging mental condition like autism. Yet approximately one in seventy American children were diagnosed last year, according to the Center of Disease Control. Although the...

What Is Bipolar Disorder?

August 03, 2016

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Mental illness diagnosis, treatment, and classification have evolved considerably since the time of the ancient Greeks, when any kind of unusual mood or behavioral condition was thought to be due to an imbalance in the blood’s humors. Prior to 1980, when the term bipolar...

10 Common ADHD Symptoms

June 30, 2016

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The next time you drop off your child at preschool or grammar school, take a good, long look at the swarm of happy children in the playground. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in every ten of those kids will have had a diagnosis of ADHD...

ADHD In Children: Signs And Symptoms

June 24, 2016

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These days, it’s no wonder that parents of active children fret about whether their kids have ADHD as they watch them tear across the yard, knock other children over, fail to listen, or make any effort to curtail their impulses. In the U.S., approximately 11% of children...

Signs My Child Might Have ADD

June 08, 2016

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Describe a child bursting with energy who is prone to impulsive behavior and doesn’t always listen, and it’s likely you’re describing just about every toddler and preschooler on the face of the earth. Being active means being healthy. Until a child masters the...

Best Way To Deal With Stress At Work

May 24, 2016

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Late hours, deadlines, an overflowing email box, and a demanding boss—who doesn’t experience stress at work? Combine these pressures with a busy home life or challenging child- or elder-care issues, and there’s no wonder your blood pressure has spiked. Don’t...

Change Your Mind, Change Your Mood: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

April 25, 2016

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“Mind over matter” is a simplistic adage, suggesting that any problem can be overcome with sheer willpower. Anyone who has struggled with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addiction, or any other mental health condition will attest that the concept sets you up...

Shake Off Stress With Mindful Meditation

April 20, 2016

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Everyone experiences stress. Between work and family, budgets and bills, no one is immune to the daily pressure to get things done, get them done right, and get them done fast. It’s a scientific fact that stress takes a toll both mentally and physically, but you have more...