What is ADHD? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD is one of the most common behavioral disorders in children. Inattention, over-activity, impulsive behavior, or a combination of these symptoms are often to be found in normal children, but when these features continue over a longer period of time and occur in >> Read More ...
Becky Asked : I have suffered with sweaty palms and feet for most of my life, from early in childhood and throughout my teens and early adulthood. I had accepted it as a part of life although it was an embarrassing and rather inconvenient ailment. Even simple tasks like opening a peanut butter jar was a task for me because >> Read More ...
Symptoms of Constipation in Children A child is considered constipated when having a bowel movements with difficulty or less than three times a week. Having hard and dry stool, or having a bowel movement every other day and without difficulty is not already considered constipation. Constipation is called chronic when it >> Read More ...
Grief is not typically considered to be a disease but it is altered psychological state that has emotional, mental and even physical symptoms. In fact grief can be so debilitating and prolonged that it can compromise a person’s physical and mental health over time. Each person handles the loss of a loved one >> Read More ...
We all experience days when we are not able to think very clearly. Our ability to complete mental tasks are impaired, our memory is poor and even our decision-making capacity is not what it usually is. For most of us this is a short term impairment that we commonly refer to as brain fog or mental fog. However, when this >> Read More ...
Psychological stress is well known as an important contributor to poor health. It plays a role in immune suppression, cancer development and cardiovascular disease among a host of other conditions. While certain episodes in life, like grieving following the death of a loved one, is known to cause immense psychological >> Read More ...
Depression affects as many as 20% of women and 12% of men in the course of their lifetime. However, it is not only adults that are affected. As many as 0.9% of pre-school children, 1.9% in school-aged children and 4.7% of adolescents also experience depression. Overall depression is the most common mental health condition. >> Read More ...
The brain is still considered to be the most complex organ in the body for the various functions that it carries out. The exact way in which it works to carry out these functions is still not fully understood. However, without the brain working at its peak, we may experience problems with concentration, memory, >> Read More ...
Anxiety is an emotion that we all experience from time to time. Be it a major life event, a stage performance or an important exam, anxiety is the nervousness or uneasiness that is considered to be a normal emotion during these periods. However, anxiety can be a problem when it is continuous or arises and persists without >> Read More ...
There are many types of depression and various causes and triggers. A change in season may not seem like a possible cause of this serious mental health disorder but it can cause a type of depression known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Seasonal changes can also aggravate pre-existing depression and other mental >> Read More ...
