Choosing between a therapist and psychiatrist is not always easy. For some people, the decision may depend on whether they are looking for short-term or long-term help, need medication to treat their mental health condition, have other physical conditions that require treatment from both medical ...
What does “nacho parenting of stepchildren” even mean? It means that the step-parent should treat their partner’s children as if they are the children of a friend. They should leave the primary disciplining of the children to the organic parents. The term “nacho parenting” was invented...
Alcohol looks like a cure for anger; it takes your mind off the thing that made you angry for a moment. But it also lowers your inhibitions. People who treat anger with alcohol are more likely to get violent, not less. People who treat depression are at an increased risk to attempt sui...
Multiple specialists were involved in the child’s care, but it seems from the medical records that none of them were actually aware of the genetic test results. The ordering physician could not recall having seen the report and the treating physicians never received a copy of the report or a...
it seems clear that this has been going on largely overlooked for a long time. Mostly we don’t like to think that someone who is working with children might be harming them. The stranger molester is very rare, most of the time the person harming kids is someone that is close to them...
1. How treatment and recovery might apply to children and adolescents. Over my time working in the recovery field I have seen a lot of youngsters that need and deserve help. Working with adults I see issues that are clearly the result of childhood mental illness or substance abuse that went...
This makes me wonder what the risks are for the children of women who consume these highly caffeinated energy drinks. We also know that many of these drugs have larger more amplified effects on the unborn if there is alcohol in the mother’s bloodstream. This is a case of 2 plus 2 being...