Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a form of anxiety disorder. Treatment may include exposure therapy (with prevention of compulsive rituals) and antidepressants. The obsessions are usually relate
Mental Health
Autism and the Process of Independence
If you are a parent who has reared a child with Autism, and they are about to complete their high school educational and/or is about to become of legal age, you will have many things to consider durin
Autism: Guide for Parents
When your child is born, he or she has a brain that has many neurological synaptic connections. In fact, these connections are so many that they are simply not efficient or strong enough to create sta
Traditional Approach to Family Mental Health
In Thailand in the early 1990s the AIDS epidemic had already reared its ugly head throwing individuals and families into chaos. The stigma attached to AIDS drove mothers to abandon their babies, famil
The Greatest Psychologist Ever
What has the year been like for you? Awful; full of uncertainty - a continuous struggle against the devouring hunt for time, fame, and fortune? Wondering for how much longer you can make ends meet und
Occupation and the Mind
Ahmad, a 46-year-old man from Ramallah, was doing well, until his last detention. But this time he just could not tolerate the long incarceration in a tiny cell, with complete visual and auditory depr
From Deep Within: My Quest for Truth, Power, & Purpose
“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
