Developmental growth follows a predictable pattern for most children, but preschoolers -- children between ages 2 and 5 -- demonstrate wide variability in how their cognitive, social and emotional development progresses. Preschoolers can feel...
Hypnosis is a therapeutic technique that may allow you to have a better focus and sustained concentration. Through hypnosis, some medical professional believe, you can learn new behaviors through modification programs as part of an ongoing...
Children chewing on themselves, their fists, their toys and their furniture is relatively normal, and most children go through it at some point, but it can be alarming to you as a parent if it seems extreme or goes on for long periods of time,...
The Weight Watchers diet plan is based on a certain amount of "points" that you should consume from food and drink every day to lose weight. According to its website, millions of people all over the world use Weight Watchers and have had...
Bereavement in children is often ignored or dismissed as if it didn't exist, according to the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement. Parents often try to keep the truth away from children as well, thinking kids won't be able to deal with the...
It's important to validate children's emotions to help them open up and disclose their inner worlds to you. Just telling children that you understand how they feel increases their compliance with difficult tasks and helps parents establish more...
Narcissistic personality disorder is a condition defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration and a lack of empathy." Narcissistic individuals outwardly behave as...
Drug abuse has a number of negative effects on a family, which include tearing the family apart, loss of employment, failure in school, increasing domestic violence, child abuse, and other crimes. It is a complex disorder that often has other...
If you sweat excessively, you know how embarrassing and uncomfortable it can make you feel. Excessive sweating can lead you to avoid social situations, and cause cracked and inflamed skin and body odor, according to the Merck Manuals Online...
You probably don't need statistics to know that Americans are obsessed with dieting and weight issues. Americans spend around $60 billion a year on weight loss. The problem goes beyond America, though, as in the case of Japan. Female Japanese...
Although the speed at which someone moves from not participating in exercise to making exercise a regular part of their lifestyle may vary, the stages of change are the same. In fact, according to the Transthoretical Theory first proposed by...
When it comes to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, parents may begin to feel as if their children are being over-diagnosed and over-medicated. If your child has been labeled as ADHD, but you do not feel comfortable with a standard...
The abuse of prescription and illegal narcotic drugs can have devastating effects on both the user and the family. These adverse effects include physical, mental and emotional damage as well as the loss of financial independence, social networks...
Getting support from family, friends and fellow dieters can be a crucial component of successful weight loss. In fact, studies have shown social support to be positively correlated with weight loss, according to a 2005 study by Dutch researchers...
Although there are various causes of a dissociative state, a study in "Neuroendocrinology Letters" assesses a higher rate for a dissociative state in people who have experienced trauma or substantial stress. The person dissociates herself as a...
Hypnotherapy for weight loss may provide an alternative to more invasive weight management procedures such as gastric band surgery. Hypnotherapy for weight management may encourage strict dietary practices that are similar to gastric band patient...
If you're severely overweight and diets don't work well for you, you might want to consider enrolling in a program with a weight loss center. However, it's easy to get confused while looking at the multitude of weight loss centers available. You...
Helping strong-willed or defiant children can be one of the most difficult jobs a parent can face. Besides facing problems at home, parents can have difficulties in public and with the child finding success in schools. Several...
Symptoms describe an individual's subjective experience of illness, and are different from signs of illness which are visible to others. Heroin addicts typically experience symptoms of withdrawal when they stop using the drug, when they are...
Serotonin is a hormone that influences mood and mental functioning by regulating nerve transmission in the brain. Serotonin deficiency has been implicated in a number of conditions, such as depression and anxiety disorders. While there are many...
Your chances of sticking to a New Year's resolution to lose weight may be better than you think, especially if you take your goals seriously and think in terms of small successes. Making a resolution to lose weight makes you 10 times more likely...
Most people who smoke know about its dangers, but the highly addictive quality of nicotine can make quitting a challenge. Billions of dollars are pumped into anti-smoking and cessation programs that employ gums, patches, acupuncture, hypnosis,...
Serotonin is one of many neurotransmitters that your chlid's brain uses to maintain many aspects of his psychical and psychological health. Serotonin performs largely the same functions for both children and adults. Having healthy levels of...
Losing weight on a liquid diet is a double-edged sword. Liquid diets are very low in calories -- most liquid diets provide between 600 and 800 calories daily -- so you will lose weight quickly. But you'll regain the weight as soon as you stop the...
Before you begin a diet, make sure that certain obstacles won't hinder your weight-loss success. While calorie consumption is the bottom line, some situations make it much harder to consume fewer calories. All the motivation and planning in the...
Schizophrenia causes immense suffering for the afflicted and their families. In her 1999 book, "Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide," Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., describes schizophrenia as the most severe and frightening of the psychiatric...
Attention deficit hyperactive disorder is often thought of as a childhood disorder, however, for millions of adults suffering from ADHD, the symptoms are very real and interfere in many aspects of daily functioning. Childhood ADHD is more commonly...
Adolescents with substance abuse problems require special treatment considerations. In a nationwide sample, 7 percent of adolescents met criteria for alcohol, marijuana or hard drug abuse/dependence, according to a 2000 study published by Dean G....
