” which often leads to long delays in diagnosis and treatment. This is a painful and lonely life for the approximately 1%-2% of the world population with OCD.
Sheila felt that if shedidn’tcheck taps by turning them on and then off again then ‘something terrible’ would happen to her kids or husband. Once they were turned on, she could never feelcompletelysure she’d turned them offproperly. Sometimes she would spend up to four hours checking ...
Kids with APD have difficulty interpreting and storing information despite normal hearing. Depression Depression is the persistent feeling of sadness or loss of interest and can impact sleep, appetite, energy level, concentration, daily behavior, or self-esteem. Learning Disabilities Learning ...
Joseph’s mother called me in tears. He had come home from school upset because some of the kids teased him about his habit of blinking his eyes every couple of minutes. She did not know what to do. Joseph was taking Ritalin for his attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). Without it...
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) affects how the brain processes spoken language. Kids with APD have difficulty interpreting and storing information despite normal hearing. Depression Depression is the persistent feeling of sadness or loss of interest and can impact sleep, appetite, energy level, conc...
I feel nervous with people I don’t know well. I get stomach aches at school. When I get frightened, I feel like I am going crazy. I worry about sleeping alone. I worry about being as good as other kids. When I get frightened, I feel like things are not real. I have nightmares...
t just want to slap Android on your wrist and be done with it. However, if users are clamoring for apps like the launcher orwidgets, and not giving Wear a chance to be something unique, it could determine the direction Google takes the platform. At the end of the day Google wants ...
Most kids and teens will eventually retract their foreskins by repeated attempts. Some adults have reported success with this method. But it has some drawbacks, and there is a far better way. If it hasn’t worked already, it probably won’t work now. Penile tissue is too flexible to prov...
Episode Description ADHD is a lifelong disorder but it can look different in adults than in children. William Dodson M.D. explains how symptoms change with age and why many adults aren’t diagnosed with the condition until their kids are. ...