How to Recognize the Different Autism Types

You may hear autism referred to as a PDD. This stands for Pervasive Development Disorder, and is a blanket term for the many different autism types.

Symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder in a Child

Attention deficit disorder chooses no one. It can be diagnosed at any child, regardless of overall health or social standing of parents. Studies have also found that the behavioral disorder is not hereditary, meaning, your child can acquire it even if no one from your ancestors had been diagnosed with such.

Recognizing Attention Deficit Disorder in a Girl

Attention deficit disorder affects everyone... Attention deficit/hyperactivity, or ADHD, is often diagnosed when children show symptoms of hyperactive and impulsive behavior, along with lack of attentiveness to individual tasks. Without the hyperactivity, a child may be diagnosed as having attention deficit disorder, or ADD.

Understanding Panic Attack Symptoms

Are you concerned that you may suffer from panic attacks? Take the time to find out what you need to know to identify the source of your symptoms.

Forms of Anxiety Disorder - Phobia

Amongst forms of anxiety disorders are also classified phobias, which are specific fears that an individual develops. They may be intense and are usually irrational.

How Do We Know When We Are Mentally Well?

There are many indicators of our own state of physical health, and any normal, mature person is able to recognise when they are 'in the pink.' Indicators of mental wellness in ourselves, however, are often not so confidently recognised. Follow this renowned yoga teacher as she provides us with some valuable guidelines.

How to Recognize Anger and Handle it Effectively

Anger is a feeling that has to be recognized outright. Anger could be a start of something deeper, like rage or violent actions and reactions. You've got to control your anger, because it has the ability to control you.

Tips On Improving Your Memory

Have you ever castigated yourself for failing to remember almost everything that would have made your life better? Like that one occasion when you just stared at your boss' wife while she was talking to you, just because you forgot that she was the Number One man's wife? This cost you your promotion and would have caused you your job if not for some saving graces like your former job performance rate.

Did You Marry Your Father

Did you marry your father? Many women never process their relationships from childhood and repeat the same patterns into adulthood. This article explores this problem and how to resolve relationship wreakage.

Selecting an Autism Diet A Review of Popular Approaches

Art therapy may be an ideal way to develop social skills, but an autism diet may also be another form of effective treatment. Art therapy is a form of expressive therapy, and like expressive therapy, when it comes to food control, there is more than one type of diet that can be used to treat autism.

Are there Bad Psychotherapies?

Many times when things go bad in psychotherapy or counseling, the process itself is questioned. In the experience of the author, there are no 'bad' therapies. The therapist may be inexperienced or not fully trained. The client undergoing therapy may also be impatient for the change to happen. Every person who goes through the process of change in any form of therapy HAS to go through a bad patch of emotional distress. If the process is discontinued, the client may suffer for a longer time than if the process would have continued. In this article the author describes the process of humanistic or experiential therapies.

What Is PDD Autism?

For a long time, many children with PDD (pervasive development disorders) went undiagnosed. These children were, for a time, labeled as shy, strange, or weird, when if fact they were suffering from a medical condition. PDD autism is something that has both new and old form, and some of the higher functioning children were the ones that were largely misunderstood. Thanks to new research and new information, some of these children can now go on to lead what would appear to be a 'normal' life.

Brain Enhancement Techniques For a Better You

You can practice different skills that will expand your brainpower. Mastering these skills will help make you more efficient and expand your thinking and processing abilities.