Handling the Holidays After Divorce – 5 Counseling Tips
When you have recently gone through a divorce, or even when divorce is years in the past, enjoying the holidays can be challenging. A time that is known for family, friends, laughter, reminiscing, and love, can be void of all of these things when you are having trouble dealing with divorce. It is best to […]
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Sugar vs. Sugar Substitutes: Managing Extreme Behaviors on the Autism Spectrum
Parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often at a loss when it comes to extreme behaviors and the social, emotional, and physical challenges they present. Aggression and self-injury are more often observed in children and youth than adults, which may offer hope that self-calming and self-regulating behaviors can be instilled to […]
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Seizures & Delerium Tremens: Understanding the Dangers of Alcohol Withdrawal
When individuals who abuse alcohol suddenly abstain, they’re 50-60% likely to experience withdrawal symptoms. This is called alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal syndrome can include stomach upset, diarrhea, anxiety and agitation, hallucinations, headaches and migraines, vomiting, tremors, heart palpitations, seizures, and can cause death. This is a dangerous medical state, not merely a […]
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2013’s Memory Technology Breakthroughs: Today’s Memory Care, Tomorrow’s Seniors
Neural implants aren’t exactly new to the medical field, although they may seem “Jetsonian” still. Nerve stimulating implants and brain pacemakers, for instance, have forever changed how we study and treat conditions observed in the brain such as Parkinson’s, deafness, blindness, and even clinical depression. The evolution of neural technologies has been exciting to watch […]
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