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Foster Children Experience Marked IQ Gains Over Institutionalized Orphans - December 20, 2007
Abandoned children who receive foster care receive an average eight- to ten-point IQ boost over those who enter orphanages, shows a new study on abandoned Romanian children. The study monitored 136 children aged 31 months or less who were assigned...Continue reading "Foster Children Experience Marked IQ Gains Over Institutionalized Orphans"
Guidelines for Psychopharmacological Treatment of Young Children Released - December 12, 2007
In light of a recent increase in the number of children aged 3 to 6 receiving psychiatric medication, medical professionals have released a set of treatment guidelines, published in this month's Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent...Continue reading "Guidelines for Psychopharmacological Treatment of Young Children Released"
Study on Brain Damage Reveals Truths About Morality - March 22, 2007
Would you kill one infected person to prevent many others from catching a deadly disease? For most, this decision is difficult, clouded by conflicting emotions. However, for rare individuals with injuries to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC), a region of...Continue reading "Study on Brain Damage Reveals Truths About Morality"
Genetic Variant Linked to Autism - October 18, 2006
Scientists have uncovered a genetic variant leading to increased risk for autism. Studying a sample of more than 1200 families with more than one child affected by autism, researchers found that children with autism spectrum disorders were more likely to...Continue reading "Genetic Variant Linked to Autism"
Autistic Children Lag in Distinguishing Living vs. Non-Living Things - October 12, 2006
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have found that very young children with autism take longer to learn how to categorize objects and have particular difficulties learning to distinguish between living and non-living objects--a finding which...Continue reading "Autistic Children Lag in Distinguishing Living vs. Non-Living Things"
Sensory Integration Dysfunction Misdiagnosed as ADHD, Autism - October 6, 2006
In a seminar by the Conejo Valley Mental Health Professionals Association last week, Dr. Shiro Perera Torquato suggested that some children diagnosed with ADHD, Asperger's syndrome or Pediatric Bipolar Disorder may in fact be suffering from Sensory Integration Dysfunction, a...Continue reading "Sensory Integration Dysfunction Misdiagnosed as ADHD, Autism"
NIH Study on Autism Finds Entire Brain Affected - August 16, 2006
A recent study by the National Institutes of Health has indicated that neurological signs in autistic patients are not limited to the brain areas involved in social interaction, communication, and reasoning. Previously it has been held that problems in those...Continue reading "NIH Study on Autism Finds Entire Brain Affected"
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adolescent psychology
aging - geriatric psychology
alcoholism
alzheimer's disease
anorexia nervosa
anxiety disorders
attention deficit disorders
autism spectrum disorders
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behavior management
binge eating disorders
bipolar / manic depression
blindness - visually impaired
body image
bulimia nervosa
bullying
child abuse
child neglect
child psychology
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compulsive overeating
consumer psychology
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eating disorders
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family dynamics
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guilt
human sexuality
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lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender (lgbt)
memory
mental retardation
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nicotine addiction - smoking
obsessive-compulsive disorders
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parenting
pedophilia
physical abuse
physical abuse
post-traumatic stress disorder
postpartum depression
rape - sexual assault
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schizophrenia
sexual abuse
sexual abuse
sleep disorders
social psychology
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terrorism
test anxiety
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About Developmental Disorders - Developmental Disabilities
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