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What Are the Safety Concerns for People on the Autism Spectrum?
What Are the Safety Concerns for People on the Autism Spectrum?By Chantal Sicile-Kira on February 2, 2012 in The Autism AdvocateChildren on the autism spectrum are at a higher risk of being hurt,...
View ArticleSwitching Off After Work?
Some jobs are inherently stressful. High demands, low control. They take their toll on people physically, emotionally and behaviorally. Chronic work stress can lead to chronic problems from...
View ArticleArtificial Food Colorings and ADHD Symptoms
Ever since pediatrician Bejamin Feingold found, in the 1970s, that some kids with hyperactive symptoms respond well to diets without aritificial food colorings and preservatives, parents of ADHD kids...
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The Loneliness of Combat Vets and Prisoners of War
Many of us assume the loneliness experienced by prisoners of war and some combat veterans ends when they return home, but for some, another kind of loneliness is just beginning.Setting aside the...
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The Mass Media, Body Image, and Self-Deception
We don't often think about how profoundly the mass media influences the lies we tell ourselves. On television, in movies, and in advertisements, we are fed information about who we should be in our...
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What Really Causes Obesity?
Americans are increasingly becoming more obese and medically recommended diets just have not worked for the majority of people. Dieting may result in a few lost pounds, but it often causes a loss of...
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The Practice
The path to inner peace is the path to outer peace, whether in your family, your community, or the world, finds Barb Schmidt. And it begins with five minutes of silence in the morning.How do you define...
View ArticleTwo Lists that Can Save Your Marriage
In the Spring of 2011, my then 26 year-old son, Zach, set out to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine, nearly 2,200 miles. I nearly had a heart attack when he told me he was going...
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The Business of Medicalizing Infancy
“No therapeutic category is more accepting of condition branding than the field of anxiety and depression,” wrote Vince Parry a decade ago in the trade journal Medical Marketing and Media. Parry, an...
View ArticleMentoring: The Missing Link for Highly Sensitive Children
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. - Ralph Waldo EmersonLast week, I received a call from a frustrated dad asking: “How can I get my child to go to therapy?”...
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Physically Fit Children Have Enhanced Brain Powers
A new study has found that children who are physically fit have faster and more robust neuro-electrical brain responses while reading than kids who were less aerobically fit.The researchers at...
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Cameron Diaz: Stepping Out of Her Comfort Zone?
It looks like actress Cameron Diaz has found her rock, or more specifically her rocker. She has been spotted out and about with her new man, rock band Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden. Sources...
View ArticlePsychiatry Is in the Midst of Major Transformation
The field of psychiatry is in the midst of major changes involving the delivery of clinical care, the development of new treatments, the elucidation of the scientific underpinnings of human behavior...
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Overcoming the Pain of Unrequited Love
The teasing, name-calling and bullying were very challenging to deal with, but thankfully as people matured, most of that subsided. However, one thing that didn’t seem to change or improve with time...
View Article10 Ways to Improve Your Memory
In my “What Causes Memory Problems?” I discussed the three causes of memory problems: disease, trauma and neglect. In “Are You Having Memory Problems?” I presented the 3 essential aspects of memory:...
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7 Myths About Mindfulness
Mindfulness is in the headlines. Recently Time devoted a cover story to the subject. The essence of mindfulness is paying careful attention to your present moment experience, whether it be a sight, a...
View ArticleInside the Eating-Disordered Mind
This is a guest post by Emily Shea, Williams College Class of 2016.Eating disorders are very prevalent both in the United States and worldwide. Though males can be and are affected, the disorders...
View ArticleA Crying Face in the Crowd
A few days ago I was driving down the main street that crosses my town. I stopped in a traffic light waiting to turn left, when all of a sudden I heard loud sounds of weeping. The sounds stood out...
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Does This Dog Make Me Look Fat?
Does this dog make me look fat? Um … no. But in 2012 researchers in England studied whether owning a dog would help pregnant women avoid becoming obese. Analyzing data collected in the 1909s they found...
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