DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2022-07-02 Q&A — Developmental neuroscientist Eveline Crone Inside the adolescent brain This challenging phase of life may get a bad rap, but it’s also full of opportunity. A developmental neuroscientist shares what she’s learned from studies on young people’s risk-taking behavior, reasoning and more. By Tim Vernimmen Adolescence is often portrayed as a period […]
Mental Health Friday 2022-07-01 Today’s Topic: Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder On Mental Health Friday, we post, in alphabetical order, one per week, information on mental health disorders. Mental Health Friday is for informational purposes only, and is in no way meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please do not self […]
3 Reasons Why Early Risers Can be More Your Successful in Life We all go to bed at night and we all wake up in the morning. Each day you can, seize the day and create your life. Each day you can have a ‘do over’ of sorts. Every morning you have […]
Seven Blocks To Creative Thinking And How To Solve Them We’re all skilled at creative thinking. It is, after all, the predominant way we think as children. The reason we lose the skill as we grow up is because of the blocks we put in the way. In this article I’ll show […]
FEAR AND REASON. “In civilized life it has at last become possible for large numbers of people to pass from the cradle to the grave without ever having had a pang of genuine fear. Many of us need an attack of mental disease to teach us the meaning of the word.” William James. […]
ACQUIRE POWER THROUGH SELF DEVELOPMENT It is the natural right of every human being to be happy to escape all the miseries of life. Happiness is the normal condition, as natural as the landscapes and the seasons. It is unnatural to suffer and it is only because of our ignorance that we […]
Accepting the Diagnosis of Autism Receiving a diagnosis of Autism can seem overwhelming. You may be left with a lot of unanswered questions about the diagnosis. You might be thinking the diagnosis is wrong. This cannot be happening to your child. There are different feelings and emotions you will experience when dealing […]
Today’s Topic: Disorder of written expression Disorder of written expression and dysgraphia: definition, diagnosis, and management (To stay on page right-click on links to open in a new tab) Peter J. Chung,1 Dilip R. Patel,2 and Iman Nizami2 Abstract Writing is a complex task that is vital to learning and is usually acquired in the […]
Predictable and consistent parental behavior is key for optimal child brain development Predictable and consistent parental behavior can include set routines for meals and transportation. Sue Zeng/Unsplash, CC BY-ND Tallie Z. Baram, University of California, Irvine Scientists have long known that the experiences you have during infancy and childhood play an important role in shaping how […]
2022-06-23 Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project, and Erin Einhorn, NBC News Lawmakers in Louisiana passed new restrictions on the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities following an investigation by The Marshall Project, ProPublica and NBC News into harsh conditions in a youth lockup. The […]