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Please never ask your child to become like some other individual. Your child is unique, in fact every one is. Even two twins are not alike, who share same kind of genes, environment, nurturance etc. So respect each other’s individuality. Do not force your opinion on your children or anyone else through emotionally laden speeches or through examples of your experiences in your lives. Of course, you need to share your own opinions, experiences and...

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Schools - are they becoming too competitive day by day? Are they focusing more on numerical scores and quantitative grades than developing a child into a fully-functional individual? Are the topmost grades, only criteria for judging their own students? And if schools are getting more inclined to such factors day by day, perhaps, our society is somewhere demanding such kinds of “levels” from the schools. These days parents are focusing more and more on their...

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Psychology of the Employers & Employees in Corporates: Corporate is no longer remaining a new, introductory and fashionable term just for Managers or software engineers but it is more or less a common term. So it is really important to have some kind of policies related to the psychology of the employee, employer, management and all other kind of consumers of their “products”. Having work in the corporate sector for about four years and having...

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Optimists may have another reason to feel fortunate. In a new study from the Netherlands, researchers found that older men who are hopeful about the future are less likely to die from heart disease when compared to those who have a bleaker outlook. The reasons for this, says Dr. Erik Giltay, who led the study, are not immediately clear. Optimists are healthier to begin with, and they tend to cope better with any troubles. They...

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DO’S AND DON’TS FOR THE PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVIEW: There is no one right thing to say to schizophrenic patient. The most important job of the interviewer is to help to diminish the inner loneliness, chaos and terror that the schizophrenic patient is feeling. The challenge is to convey empathy without being regarded as being dangerously intrusive.1. Don’t try to argue or rationally persuade the patient out of a delusion. This may lead to more...

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Are we Helping for their Cause Diagnoses, Misnomer or Stigmatizing the individuals suffering from Mental Illnesses: Are we helping for their cause or making life more difficult for them? (All of you are invited to give your views)Since we all are here to reflect your thoughts with our great creative and scientific bent of mind, I would just like to ask all of us a question: Have you ever heard of a term called "High...

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  Suicide- a great motivating factor in my life in my late adolescence- to develop an inclination for clinical psychology , to take it as my profession- instead of more interesting parts of psychology that included just personality development and its growth and much more leaving my basic talent of writing or being a novelist or writer because I have a vision to have the blend of all three in one. But actually, it was...

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Parkinson’s Definition: Parkinson's disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills and speech. Parkinson's disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. It is characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement (bradykinesia) and, in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement (akinesia). The primary symptoms are the results of decreased stimulation of the motor...

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  Behavioral problems in children are common these days. The children throw tantrums, or do not listen to their parents, or do not pay adequate attention in studies, they do not eat properly or do not like to take the balanced diet and so on. Sometimes they love to throw stones on animals or they bully other children who are younger than them or they defy the authorities. If this is the case then it...

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Communicating with someone who has delusionsA delusion is a fixed false belief that can't be swayed by reasoning. Paranoid, grandiose, and religious delusions are most common.A paranoid delusion is very frightening: The person thinks someone is out to harm him. Acknowledge what he says but don't agree. For example, if your patient tells you that the FBI is after him, hone in on his feelings: "Sensing that you're being watched all the time must be...

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