ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Social Isolation’s High Physical and Psychological Toll

By Betsy Morris — 2020

Studies of polar researchers, astronauts, and others in isolation shed light on possible effects of social distancing, including increased forgetfulness, depression and heart attacks.

Read on www.wsj.com

FindCenter Post-Image

How Do I Know If My Child with Autism Is Depressed?

According to research, approximately 20 percent of the population will experience depression at some point in their lives—this statistic increases to almost 60 percent in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

How Can You Support Your Teenager with Autism Spectrum Disorder If They Are Depressed?

Having ASD increases the risk of depression in teens, but effective treatments are available

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

What Parents Need to Know about College Students and Depression

As college students returned or entered college this fall, the important issue of anxiety and depression is a discussion that parents, college students and professionals who work with students do not want to forget.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

This Is What Parenting with Anxiety Is Like

When anxiety strikes, it prevents me from being the mother I want to be. I am not able to be present with my children. I am somewhere else, a captive to my thoughts. I’m supposed to be the grown-up, but I morph into a child—totally powerless and vulnerable.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Evaluating the Effects of Medication

When a medication is being evaluated to modify the behavior of a person with autism, one must assess the risks versus the benefits.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Preventing Parent Burnout

Meeting the emotional challenges of caring for children with mental health issues. Parenting is hard work, and parenting a child with mental health issues is exponentially harder.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Loneliness of Parenting Is Very Real

There is a very particular loneliness that comes from being alone with a small child. A tang. A hum. A hollow. When it’s just you and your child, for hour after hour, you can start to feel very small and very far away.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement

Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Psychological Effects of Divorce on Children

As a marriage dissolves, some parents find themselves asking questions like, “Should we stay together for the kids?” Other parents find divorce is their only option.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Teaching Your Child Emotional Agility

It’s hard to see a child unhappy. Whether a child is crying over the death of a pet or the popping of a balloon, our instinct is to make it better, fast. That’s where too many parents get it wrong, says the psychologist Susan David, author of the book “Emotional Agility.

FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Emotional and Mental Health