Music As A Therapy For Autism

Music is now a new method that is being used for autistic patients. If other methods have been tried in the past and there is not much response, instead of being discouraged, you would do well to try music as a method to treat the autistic patient. Many patients have been successfully treated as they have responded favorably to music – it has soothed their nerves and calmed them down. The main problem with autism is the lack of...

Two holistic health practitioners at New York University Medical Center recently launched an innovative program to help staff and patients begin the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness is the practice of moment-to-moment awareness. Mindfulness exercises can improve your attention span, mental clarity, memory, mood, and self-esteem. With regular practice, you can experience a reduction in anxiety, muscle tension, blood pressure, heart and respiratory rates.

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Puberty brings along not only bodily changes but mental ones as well and all children are affected by this transition phase in their lives, including autistic children. However, as opposed to the terrible teens phase experienced by average children, autistic children entering puberty have little or no control over many situations and can tend to heighten emotions and reactions so that it is distressing for parents who don't quite know what to do!

An autistic child too,...

It's an undeniable fact that social anxiety disorder afflicts millions of Americans, driving many to solitude and avoidance of socially enriching interactions. This is illustrated by the presence of intense irrational dread of particular social situations in sufferers of this silent disorder. Patients of this debilitating social condition can greatly benefit from social anxiety support if they reach for it.

Available support, for social anxiety can assist people living with...

Panic attacks and anxiety disorders affect even 5 year olds. The difference between these panic attacks on children and the same on adults is that the former one is tougher to detect. It is often misdiagnosed as a deficit disorder when it actually happens to be a panic attack on the child. Even hyperactivity is suspected sometimes, the main reason being the symptoms are close to being the same for both these kind of disorders. So it is often misdiagnosed in children.

While...

Doctor Thomas, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health. He notes that about thirty-thousand people a year in the United States kill themselves. That is almost twice the number as those killed by others. Therefore, we should relief other people's depression in time. Here are some ways to treat depression.

Talk therapy. Talk therapy with a mental health professional is very effective in treating depression. Therapy sessions can help people understand...

There are various situations in life where an individual may have to go through the procedure of depression. Although the cause of depression varies from person to person, the main reason may be due to some personal problems which may be work related, relationship problems or due to family problems but personal and family problems mainly contribute to the build up of depression.

What does Depression cause?

For many, depression does not seem complex...

Anxiety disordered is gifted of destroying your life if not treated immediately. Luckily it is doable to live gratis from concern for the remainder of your life.

Have you ever felt anxious about something for any reason? Or, sensation anxious or vexed in the times of worrying situations? It is ok to feel what you feel while you have rational reasons to certify your feelings.

Anxiety is a habitual comeback to any hectic significance and it helps you exchange with that state....

Panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear and it is usually accompanied by palpitations or rapid heart rate, breathlessness, dizziness and fear of losing control or going crazy.

Although the symptoms may varies from person to person, the general pattern remains unchanged: The person will feel a sudden increase in anxiety and fear that something terrible is about to happen.

Panic attack becomes a REAL problem when a person keep suffering from repeated and frequent...

Your heart suddenly start pounding so hard that you think it must burst any second. You sweating profusely even though its isn't a warm day. You feel dizzy and shaky, like the world around you is spinning out of control and you can't get a grip of it. Your finding it difficult to breath, like your choking.

If you have felt all these symptoms come on without any warning, you might have just gone through a panic attack. So the big question is, what do you do during panic...