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Comparison of Males and Females with ASD: Gender Differences in People with Autism Spectrum Disorder
What are the differences and similarities in how boys and girls experience autism? Research suggests that the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, namely difficulties in social skills, difficulties in communication...
3 Key Ingredients for Mature Love
We enter a partnership with good intentions and high hopes. But despite our best efforts, relationships often fail to fulfill their tender promise. What does it take to put the...
Today I Love Last Minute Lunch With Friends
Today I love last minute lunch with friends, especially friends that we do other things with, like singing and curling and stuff. I love that we have so many varied interests when it comes to cuisine....
Your Very Own Monster-In-A-Box
Therapists come up with all sorts of terminology to name this and that – we work with the same problems and ideas repeatedly, and need images and language to describe human experience....
Unintentional Harm: The Most Common Type of Emotionally Neglectful Parents
The most common type of emotionally neglectful parents is also the most difficult kind to identify. They lurk in fine neighborhoods, fine jobs, and fine houses....
How Do You Come To Terms With Traumatic Bereavement?
The anniversary of a traumatic bereavement comes around again. Another year has passed since you lost your beloved. The grief is still there but it is a year older. Is it easier now? ...
Five Ways to Avoid Growth
The opening sentence in M. Scott Peck’s book, The Road Less Traveled, is this: “Life is difficult.” It’s a line that is famous for its honesty and brevity. Life is,...
When You Don’t Feel Good About Yourself
You don’t feel good about yourself. In fact, you feel terrible. Maybe it’s your weight, your hips, your nose. Maybe it’s your inability to run or do push-ups....
Why Don’t Behavior Kids Understand How Exhausting They Are?
For the sake of clarification, I don’t generally go around identifying children by their abilities or inabilities. When I say “behavior kids” here, I say it for the purpose of drawing in a group of people who will relate to the feeling of exhaustion....
Have We Become Immune To School Shootings? What We Need To Do ASAP
Unconscionably, in the 46 weeks this year there have been 44 school shootings with the most recent, this past week in Santa Clarita, CA. In many of the schools it is the students themselves that open
Study Uncovers Risk Factors Tied to Postpartum Opioid Overdose
In a new study published in the journal Addiction, Massachusetts researchers uncover several risk factors linked to postpartum opioid overdose. The study is a follow-up to 2018 research showing that...
Less Binge Drinking Among Teens, Yet More Depression
Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health said for the first time in the past 40 years, binge drinking and depressive symptoms among adolescents are no longer linked....
Many Older Adults Fear Dementia But Few Discuss Prevention With MD
Nearly half of Americans in midlife think they’re likely to develop dementia, but only 5 percent have actually talked with a doctor about what they could do to reduce their...
How Well Do People Sleep in an Evacuation Shelter?
In a new study, Japanese researchers investigated the nature of sleep in an evacuation shelter environment. The study, which involved a mock shelter in the winter, reveals that the low...
Tending the Family Heart Through the Holidays
