There’s something peculiar about the way we think about intelligence. Typically, students take several standardized tests that together yield a score, which is what most people know as the Intelligence […]
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Schizophrenia is an illness that not only baffles the layperson, but even clinicians and researchers are still investigating the causes of this mental illness. The curiosity of most people has
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The field of drug counseling and healing addiction has significantly improved over the years. This includes the exploration of psychological and emotional issues that are specific to women and female
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Typically, when someone speaks of addiction, most people think of drugs or alcohol addictions. In fact, that’s exactly how the mental health field has been categorizing addiction for the last
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It was originally thought that the symptoms of children and adolescent depression are different than those experienced by adults. Clinicians and researchers believed this until about the 1970’s. And who
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There are some core beliefs that begin the cycle of low self-worth. Typically, these debilitating beliefs stem from experiences in early childhood, such as trauma or simply living among dysfunctional
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If your teen has been diagnosed with a adolescent dissociative disorder, which is probable if he or she has experienced trauma, then you may want to know that there are
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If you’re seeing patterns of self-harm in your child, it’s important to reflect on whether there are any underlying issues. For example, one couple recently discovered that their 13-year-old daughter
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When you hear the word rehab, you might think of a certain type of treatment for addicts and even criminals. As in She’s had an addiction to alcohol for years
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Addiction has been a subject well researched in the mental health field. Over the years, the patterns in the life of an addict as well as in the lives of
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