Psychologists speak to Dr. Michael Cheng about anxiety, sensory processing problems, and mental health resources.
Psychologists speak to Dr. Michael Cheng about anxiety, sensory processing problems, and mental health resources.
How media use affects the psychological adjustment of teens.
Playing sports is valuable for many reasons. But how do shy kids benefit from playing on a team?
When you avoid feared situations, they become scarier. Parents can take some steps to help their child face their fears and gain control of them.
The physical reactions to stress may seem mysterious to kids, but parents can help them learn to take control.
Children’s thoughts & beliefs can have a major impact on how they feel, but parents can help them gain greater control over negative thinking.
Many psychologists help children to break negative feelings into thoughts, behaviours, and physical reactions. Parents can often help too.
Tips on how parents can identify anxiety problems in their children.
Lots of children feel afraid about visiting the dentist or getting an injection at the doctor’s office. Although it’s difficult to find statistics about the rates at which these fears occur, one Swedish study found that over 13% of women experienced dentistry phobia; the majority of those women could not recall a specific anxiety-provoking incident [...]
The final day of the Canadian Psychological Association Conference in Montreal, Canada.
Doctors Brian and Giuseppe talk about treatment of anxiety and mood problems. They also discuss false memories, the reliability of witnesses, and “the mental diet.”
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