my life. I couldn't do anything while I was depressed. I would have frequent crying spells and become suicidal at times. I told my family and friends that I was bipolar and most of them don't believe me. They don't know what bipolar disorder is really, like most people. A lot of...
Infant Crying SpellsMaternal Anxiety DisorderMaternal Depressive DisorderProspective-LongitudinalPURPOSE: To prospectively examine relations between maternal DSM-IV-TR anxiety and depressive disorders and excessive infant crying. METHODS: Based on the prospective longitudinal Maternal Anxiety in Relation to Infant...
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Stress can also result from the inevitable frustrations that arise as babies strive to accomplish new skills, such as grasping, crawling, or walking. These frustrations build up and find an outlet in crying spells, providing further fuel for the end-of-the-day "fussy periods." Researchers have...
In this study, the mean crying time of an infant aged 2 weeks is one hour and 45 minutes, and at 12 weeks of age, the mean time is up to two hours and 45 minutes; at 12 weeks, the mean time decreases to one hour. These crying spells are more frequent in the late afternoon, ...
Systematic desensitization has been widely applied in the treatment of anxiety, phobias, and related avoidance responses, but its applicability to other problems needs greater definition. This paper reports the use of systematic desensitization and hypnotherapy in an unusual problem, the prevention of ...