Many animal-assisted therapies can bring emotional relief to people experiencing anxiety. Dogs, cats, and horses are often used inanxiety therapydue to their gentle nature and the possibility of allowing the client to form a connection with a loving animal. These types of therapies are often inte...
Stressis a significant contributor to the development of most mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder. For example, gay, lesbian, and bisexual people are thought to experience increased emotional struggles associated with the multiple social stressors that are linked to coping with societal ...
Emotional Disorders Developmental Disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorder Visual Disabilities Hearing Impairments Intellectual Disorders Economically Disadvantaged Note that the learning disability definition is the same as the SLD one. The terminology is interchangeable. Similarly, specific learning disorder ma...
Quality of lifeStroke deficitsBackground Stroke caregiving has been associated with higher rates of caregiver burden, depression, and lower quality of life compared to non-caregivers. Little is known about relationships between stroke survivors' Cognitive/Emotional and Motor/Functional deficits and ...
Psychotherapy ("talk therapy") is a form of mental health counseling that involves working with a trained therapist to figure out ways to solve problems and cope with childhoodemotional disorders. Two major approaches treat childhood mental illness, interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral the...
Learning disabilities do not indicate intelligence, nor do they spring from emotional disturbances, physical challenges or poverty. Rather, learning differences result from the way a person’s brain is wired to process information and make connections. They are common, neurobiological in origin and oft...
Learn about learning disabilities in children. Understand what a learning deficiency is, learn how to identify a learning disability, and identify...
of Disability Types on Income and Employment 1/25 Introduction: Economic Consequences of Disability Disability is primary income risk: impairs ability to perform tasks in work and daily life ▶ affects financial independence, individual welfare, social costs of insuring ▶ in Canada, 33% lower ...
Depression, social anxiety, and other emotional problems How are language disorders diagnosed? Language disorder diagnosis starts with a pediatrician ruling out hearing problems or other sensory impairments that could impact language. A speech-language pathologist (SLP) then evaluates the child’s ability...
Pansexuality refers to sexual attraction to people of all genders, as well as transgendered, transsexual, androgynous, and gender-fluid individuals. Demisexual: Demisexual refers to someone who is halfway between sexual and asexual. Demisexual individuals are those who require a strong emotional bond ...