syndrome in adults.Two samples of adults, mental health outpatient clinic referrals (N = 490) and community controls (N = 900), completed a Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders-referenced rating scale and a brief questionnaire (social, educational, occupational, and treatment ...
A central requirement of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) consists of difficulties with interpersonal relationships. As emerging adults' transition into adulthood and seek more autonomy from parents, it is important to examine how ODD problems and parent-child discord are indire...
My mother-in-law was one of the earliest nurse practitioners in the country. Years ago she helped found a rural medical clinic way back in the mountains of Idaho (getting doctors to settle in remote areas was, and still is, challenging) and, during the twenty-five years she ministered to...
It is also important for families to remember that ODD is an illness. Focusing on blame and fault will certainly discourage adolescents and adults with ODD from participating in treatment, and it may even fuel symptoms. Rather than framing behaviors as right or wrong, it can help to question ...
Anna is helped by a man named Alfredo, whom we learn has stolen her gun when she was unconscious and later sexually assaults her. Anna experiences an unraveling, her personality changing radically as she becomes hardened, more masculine in her approach to sexual and romantic relationships. ...
sweeter tone in the presence of Timmy's parents and other adults. However, whenever she's alone with one of the kids she babysits, she'll scream and holler at them. The only adults Vicky isn't sweet towards are her own parents (who both have an extreme fear of her) and those she ...
Anna is helped by a man named Alfredo, whom we learn has stolen her gun when she was unconscious and later sexually assaults her. Anna experiences an unraveling, her personality changing radically as she becomes hardened, more masculine in her approach to sexual and romantic relationships. ...
ODD in early childhood typically persists until adolescence. ODD in teenagers has significant impacts on social relationships and long-term adjustment. Teenagers with ODD struggle with interactions involving peers, adults, and authority figures, resulting in limited ability to maintain positive relationships...
Dietary factors stand as important factors in the occurrence and development of kidney stones. This study aimed to examine the potential link between dietary insulin index (DII) and dietary insulin load (DIL) with prevalence of kidney stones. This cross-sectional study was conducted among adults ...
a dream and Otto proved to be her animal soul mate. And while Klam says within six months of adopting Otto she grew up, I think rather that adopting Otto proved to her that she was far more capable of selflessness and responsibility than she thought, traits lacking in a lot of adults...