Children And Teens | World of Psychology

Bye Bye Asperger’s Syndrome?

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Is the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome -- a mild form of autism mostly diagnosed in boys -- heading the way of the dodo bird? A new article ...

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Introducing Weightless: A Blog About Body Image

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

You really can't help but be overwhelmed by the amount of focus these days on how a person looks. The people who are most harmed by this shallowness are women, especially young adults, as so ...

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Halloween Safety Tips for Trick or Treating

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Tomorrow is Halloween in the U.S., that time of the year that children dress up ...

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Oprah: The 7 Year Old With Schizophrenia

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

On October 6, 2009, the popular television show Oprah aired a program about a 7 ...

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The Psychology of the Parents of Balloon Boy

Monday, October 19th, 2009

This past week we saw the news media captivated by the idea that a 6-year-old boy, Falcon Heene had been ...

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Friday Flashback for October 16, 2009

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Yesterday I had the honor at presenting at the First International E-Mental Health Summit 2009 in Amsterdam, where I've spent the week exploring the wonderful cities of Bruges ...

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Facebook, Myspace and Twitter: Evil to Teens

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

"This technology may be interfering with the normal development of a generation, prolonging the “normal” narcissism of adolescence and preventing the ...

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Do Czech teens lie about themselves and their lives on their blogs? A new research study suggests the answer may surprise you -- generally, "No." In a survey of 113 teens, ages 13 to 17 years old, ...

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