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Techniques For Identifying Your Symptoms Of Stress

Even though stress doesn't affect everyone the same way, there are some symptoms of it that are fairly common. Stress affects virtually areas of our lives from our physical health to the emotional well-being. Yes, ...

Special Education Art Project - Artistic Addresses

A lesson plan for special education students to learn their addresses through art. This is part of a state-wide model about how special education teachers, art teachers and teaching artists can work together to create an inclusive program based on the arts and tied into testing standards in the curr

How Exercise Impacts Mental Health

You will hardly find a person who does not understand the importance of physical exercise for health and body. However, not everyone knows there's a tight connection between physical activity and mental health.

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Schizoid personality disorder is one of a group of conditions called eccentric personality disorders. Learn more from WebMD about its diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment.

Memory and Keeping Your Brain Healthy

Our brains consist of five cognitive functions. They are memory, attention, language, visual-spatial skills and executive function. It is important to exercise all five areas in order to keep our brains healthy as we age and particularly if brain injury has been an issue.

How to Cope With Panic Attacks

When you have a stressful and horrible panic attack, bear in mind that it will soon go by, and that it is not unkind. The time of a panic attack varies from one individual to ...

Raising Angry 3-6 Year Olds

Being a parent, in general, is not easy. However, things manage to get particularly difficult when your 3 to 6 year old child learns how to rebel. Your first reaction, as a parent, is to believe that you in some way may have failed. While that is possible it is not always the case. There are a few k

How Over the Air TV Works

American television broadcasters switched from analog to digital broadcasting on June 12, 2009. Canadian television switched over to this standard in September 2011. The standard that both American and Canadian broadcast television uses is Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) tuning. In 2009

Adult Treatment for ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that usually appears in childhood and can sometimes continue into adulthood. Being unable to pay attention and focus, difficulty processing information and an inability to complete tasks are some of the symptoms. If left untreated, ADHD c

Improving Your Memory Skills: Three Easy Techniques

A component of Darwin's Theory of Evolution reports that whatever you don't make use of, you eliminate. Of course, that precise sentiment can be applied to a number of spheres. For example, the mental function ...

What Causes Bipolarism?

Origins of BipolarismBipolarism, or bipolar disorder, most often begins in childhood with "hypomania," a syndrome consisting of exaggerated and rapid mood swings, irritability and impulsive behavior. Untreated hypomania often progresses into a full-fledged case of bipolarism.There are...

Mood Evaluation Tools

Mood evaluation tools can be used to diagnose symptoms of depression and mania.good mood image by NikArt from Fotolia.comMood evaluation refers to the assessment and diagnosis of mood disorders in individuals. This process is significant in determining symptoms of depression and mania,...

My Son is Autistic - Not Broken

If you read any research on autism or autism spectrum disorders, there is a large increase in the number of diagnosed cases. Since that is true, there is more funding to the schools to provide support and more and more family doctors are educating themselves.This means children can be diagnosed at a

Stomach Separation Exercises

New moms are usually anxious to trim down their post-baby waistlines, but sometimes there is more to that belly bulge than just excess fat. The real culprit could be stomach separation, also known as diastasis recti. Fortunately, this condition can be treated with simple exercises.