“Modern science does not have an answer to the question of what makes people bite their nails, although there are quite a number of theories to explain the mysterious phenomenon.
One of the most widely spread theories says that a person develops the ill habit of nail biting as a result ...
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World Suicide Prevention Day is held on September 10 each year as an initiative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), and is co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The 2008 theme is“Think Globally. Plan Nationally. Act Locally.” This phrase, first used by the movement to save the ...
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Very interesting post on Psyblog. When a relationship achieves the status of Long-term and the veil of blind love is lifted, we enter a new stage: the real world. We start to see our partner in a different light. A more realistic (and objective?) one.
Being stupidly and blindly in love ...
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I had the chance to work with a 14 year old teenager. He was born with cocaine withdrawal symptoms, has a mental age of approximately 6 years and severe behavioral issues.Something noteworthy was his extremely low tolerance to frustration. In other words, the word “NO”. Every denial of a request ...
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Recent research from the Johns Hopkins Children´s Center suggests that one of the origins of Autism could reside in antibodies (interfering with the fetal brain directly) produced by the mother during pregnancy, suggesting that the mother´s immune system could be a trigger or a factor in those already predisposed. ...
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It´s a question that everyone makes to themselves sooner or later. Most of the time it’s sooner. It´s called resistance to the therapy, or maybe there´s no chemistry with your therapist and it´s time to look for a different person (sometimes it´s a matter of trial and error to find ...
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Our modern way of living attacks our sleep cycles. TV, internet, too much work and stress are just a tiny sample of factors that prevent us from getting asleep as soon as we hit the bed and keep us staring at the roof until dawn; or waking up every hour ...
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During the past two years i`ve been working with children (3-12 years old). Two of the most common disorders i´ve come across are enuresis and encopresis disorders. Among all the cases i had, none of them were the result of bad training habits (primary enuresis/encopresis). All of them had a ...
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Autism Disorder is one of the most elussive conditions a mental health professional can come across. Firstly, it is difficult to precisely diagnose due to it´s broad severity spectrum (depending on very subtle manifestations and timing of the condition it could be filed under Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome. And ...
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