DON'T EVER GIVE UP
What Makes Emotional Healing So Hard? By: Mark Myhre When I was 5 years old our family moved to Starkville, Mississippi. My dad had secured a position as a research scientist at Miss. State Univ. that was simply too good to pass up. Starkville was a small town like many other small towns across […]
Music Inside Us By: All The Lyrics Everyone of us has music inside. And it is not an abstract statement, but scientifically proven fact. Molecules of DNA “sound” inside us and it is very important if music from outside is in keeping with music inside us. Scientists pay great attention to researches concerning […]
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Children All children may experience very stressful events that affect how they think and feel. Most of the time, children recover quickly and well. However, sometimes children who experience severe stress, such as from an injury, from the death or threatened death of a close family member or […]
Mental Health Friday 2022-10-21 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 diagnose and seek professional help for what […]
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children Many children occasionally have thoughts that bother them, and they might feel like they have to do something about those thoughts, even if their actions don’t actually make sense. For example, they might worry about having bad luck if they don’t wear a favorite piece of clothing. For […]
Behavior or Conduct Problems in Children Children sometimes argue, are aggressive, or act angry or defiant around adults. A behavior disorder may be diagnosed when these disruptive behaviors are uncommon for the child’s age at the time, persist over time, or are severe. Because disruptive behavior disorders involve acting out and showing unwanted […]
Emptiness – A Short Film on Depression Directed by Forest Lin & Bradley Da Silva Starring: Forest Lin, Calvin Lu & Benny Xing Written by: Forest Lin An Enigmatic Picture © 2016 Enigmatic Productions Posted under Creative Commons Attribution license Articles posted on this site are the works of […]
Anxiety and Depression in Children Find information and resources for parents on how to help children cope Community Preventive Services Task Force: Many children have fears and worries, and may feel sad and hopeless from time to time. Strong fears may appear at different times during development. For example, toddlers are […]
2022-10-17 We talked to 100 people about their experiences in solitary confinement – this is what we learned Living conditions in a solitary cell at New York’s Rikers Island jail. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews Angela Hattery, University of Delaware and Earl Smith, University of Delaware The United States leads the world in its use of solitary confinement, […]
Making Sense of Ambivalence Bruce Wilson, PhD Much of what we do as psychologists is about assisting clients to resolve some ongoing ambivalence. Clients are questioning their circumstances, their lifestyle, their relationships, and even themselves. How can we understand this complex dilemma of ambivalence more fully? Are there justifiable reasons why ambivalence is […]