Impact of School Closures on Mental Health during COVID-19
Impact of School Closures on Mental Health during COVID-19 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDI) stated that Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can affect children and young people directly and indirectly. Beyond getting sick, many young people’s...
How much sleep do children need
The Role of Sleep in Children’s Mental Health According to the Sleep Foundation, most people know firsthand that sleep affects their mental state. After all, there is a reason why it is said that someone in a bad mood “woke up on the wrong side of the bed.” As it...
Gifted Children and Mental Health
What are Gifted Children Mental Health Problems? Gifted kids sometimes have problems that require the help of a therapist. Such children can be a mystery to parents and consult parenting handbooks isn’t always productive. For one thing, unless a parenting...
Teen Reactive Attachment Disorder
Teen Reactive Attachment Disorder According to J. Bowlby (1982), Attachment may be defined as a composite of behaviors in an infant, toddler, or young child that is designed to achieve physical and emotional closeness to a mother or preferred caregiver when the child...
Adolescent Risk Taking, Impulsivity, and Brain Development
Understanding Adolescent Risk Taking, Impulsivity, and Brain Development We’ve all done impulsive things in our lives and are familiar with adolescent risk taking. For some, it’s adding a dozen extra items in the check-out line at the grocery store. For others, it’s...
Oppositional Defiance in Children and Adolescents
Understanding Oppositional Defiance in Children and Adolescents Parenting is challenging—more so if you are raising a child who is often angry, argumentative, and stubborn. In this case, you may need to know more about Oppositional Defiance in Children and...
Phobias in Children
Understanding Phobias in Children According to Johns Hopkins University, everyone, from the youngest child to the oldest adult, experiences anxieties and fears at one time or another. Feeling anxious in a particularly uncomfortable situation never feels good. However,...Contact us
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