Headache A headache is pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck. Serious causes of headaches are extremely rare. Most people with headaches can feel much better by making lifestyle changes, learning ways to relax, and occasionally by taking medications. Causes of Headache There are two types of headaches: primary headaches and secondary headaches. Primary headaches are not associated with (caused by) other diseases Secondary headaches are caused by associated disease. The...

Depression affects ever imaginable part of your life. It has negative effects on important things like your success with employment, your social life, and even your physical health and appearance. One thing that being depressed has an absolute knack for ruining, is your relationships with others...especially romantic ones.

If you're seriously depressed, it feels almost impossible to care about anyone but yourself. In my experiences, I've been able to really love someone, but...

Everyone knows what depression feels like. Everyone feels the blues at times. Sadness, disappointment, and fatigue are natural parts of life. There is a correlation between the blues and clinical depression, but the difference is like the difference between the sniffles and pneumonia.

Depressive disorders are whole person illnesses; they concern the body, feelings, thoughts, and behavior. The depression itself can make us feel as if it's hopeless to try to find help. The...

Decades ago, people believe that senility or frequently forgetting a lot of things is a fact of life for old people. For them, there is nothing that one can do but gracefully accept that at a certain age, probably 70 or 80, one will start to show signs of cognitive function decline.

In recent years, however, researchers have discovered that it is never too late to start to boost your brainpower. If you want to maintain a sharp mind and a keen memory, all you have to do is to...

Social Stories For Children With Autism

Chances are an autistic child who is in mainstream education may not cause special education, which equals properties are unlikely to have discernable learning disabilities. But so said they will a good deal have special needs. The first thing as a teacher you should do is to speak to other members of staff and the SENCO in your school. Make sure that everyone understands what autism is and that they are aware of how this will affect the...

Young Children Autism

Everyday, the word "Autism" is becoming a great deal more consistently a household term. With the frequency of Autism on the rise, everyone looks to know a person affected by Autism in a couple of way. The current research on Autism shows that a well-trained professional can diagnose Autism when a child is around 18-months old. The research further states that it is difficult to diagnose a child before that age. However, a child with Asperger...

Autism In Children

There are numerous books on the shelf of the local bookstore so are survival guides for parents of teens. And for good reason! For both parents and children, the teen years are the a good amount of trying. We've been there so we remember what it is like (though sometimes it looks as if it's as if we have forgotten). The fluctuations we tend to focus most of our attention on are the outward ones but it is the inner unrest the current we all go within so can...

Every adult who suffers from ADHD or ADD has a special unique talent.  The trick is to find it and use it to achieve important goals.

If you sometimes worry that Attention Deficit Disorder or ADHD will hold them back, then there’s no need to worry.  Everyone has a special unique talent or ability that they possess, and once you know what that is, then you are able to help them reach their goals.  This trick is to identify these hidden talents and...

Do you have a phobia? If you do try and imagine facing that phobia right now. It could be a spider, it may be a glove or it could be walking under a bridge. Whatever it is try and picture it right now and focus on how it makes you feel.

This little exercise goes to prove a few of things. Firstly if you now feel shaken and disturbed then you almost definitely have a phobia. Secondly it goes to show how powerful the mind is, just from thinking about your phobia it elicited a...

Panic attack can come completely unexpected and strike you without any prior warning. Suddenly, your are struck by various terrible and frightening symptoms and you may even have the notion that you are suffering from a heart attack and your death is imminent. Some of the most common panic attack symptom can include:

-Heart "racing"

-Feeling weak and dizzy

-Numbness in limbs

-Irrational fear and feeling of doom

-Difficulty in breathing

-Feel...