Over a period of days or weeks, the majority of us are able to return to our normal activities. But when these feelings of sadness and other symptoms make it hard for us to get through the day, and when the symptoms last for more than a couple of weeks in a row, we may have wha...
It’s normal to experience sadness. (Whodidn’tcry when Simba couldn’t wake up Mufasa?) But unlike typical sadness or grief, time can’t and won’t heal Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), the term for clinical depression, which most people just call “depression.” It’s a common mental...
A major part of the diagnosis of autism is determining social skills. Some features of many children with autism are their inability to look another person in the eye, even the eyes of their parents. Children with autism often focus on objects and do so intently, virtually ignoring other peop...
Next to psycho—behavioral support, proposed drugs include levodopa and aripiprazole in order to control tics without side effects. Also, dopamine blockers are recommended after the age of 10 [8] [Fig. 1]. Lin et al. have a closer look at the genetic factors that exert a vital role in ...