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Mother’s Sensitivity May Help Language Development in Children With Autism
In: Psychology| autism| discoveries
26 Feb 2010A study from the University of Miami suggests that maternal sensitivity, understood as a combo of affection, responsiveness to the child’s needs, structuring support and education, and the ability to manage presence-absence to foster independency; may influence the development and acquisition of language among children with autism or potentially at risk.
Even though parenting does not [...]
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- Tags: ASD, Aspergers, autism, language, parenting, sensitivity, university of miami
Napping Boosts the Brain’s Learning Capacity
In: Science| discoveries| neuroscience
22 Feb 2010Remember those sleepless nights in college? Well, they probably weren’t the best idea to get past that upcoming exam. New research from the University of California (Berkeley) has found that taking a 90 minute nap during the day can boost the brain’s capacity to store new facts by 40 percent.
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New Trends in Mental Health Care
20 Feb 2010I’ve been writing about the hurdles that the mental health care system has been facing since the recession struck the country. What I haven’t written about is where this whole thing is going and which trends are surfacing.
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Understanding your job. Chapter One
In: Management| Psychology
10 Feb 2010I wanted to write a series of posts that you could apply to your job. Something you can relate to wether you are a salesman, doctor, telemarketer or a store manager. Do any of those professions have anything in common with each other? Yes, no. Doesn’t matter. My goal is to give you some tools [...]
How to find motivation when it’s gone on vacations
In: Management| Psychology
7 Feb 2010Ever felt at work that you are stuck in first or second gear or you are on those days when your motivation is idling. Well, it’s normal. No one can sustain 290 (give or take) days a year at full throttle. If you can you are either alien, on crack cocaine or you are my [...]
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Last December I wrote an article summarizing some of the consequences that the economic recession has brought to the Mental Health Care System and how the inadequacy of some policies and practices have surfaced along with it. Today I’d like to expand on that topic mostly centering in the challenges that Residential Treatment Facilities which [...]
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- Tags: agencies, care, crisis, facilities, failure, funding, government, health, mental, recession, referrals, residential, RTF, states, success, treatment
Scientists have discovered how memories are encoded in the brain
In: discoveries| neuroscience
26 Dec 2009Via Physorg.com
The finding, published in the December 24 issue of the journal Neuron, could eventually lead to the development of new drugs to aid memory.
Previous studies have proven that synapses cement memories into place. What was recently discovered is how those synapses are strengthened and the role that proteins have in the process. Follow the [...]
The state of the Mental Health Care System in the US
In: Psychology
25 Dec 2009The crisis has spread to everywhere and even when signs of recovery are spotted here and there we are not out of the storm yet. Actually, we may have to wait for one or two more years to be back to “normal”.
The Mental Health Care System is no exception to this and is being hit [...]
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It’s OK for kids to dress up evil for Halloween
In: Psychology| Uncategorized
31 Oct 2009A recent article in the New York Times (“Drop the Halloween Mask! It Might Scare Someone“) reported how, “in some classrooms across the country, the interpretation of what is too scary – or offensive, gross or saddening – is now also leading to an abundance of caution and some prohibitions” on what kids can “be” [...]
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