Anxiety Child Psychiatry

How Does Anxiety Affect Children’s Learning?

Anxiety Affects Children's Learning in Many Ways Children can be prone to anxiety, just like adults. Unfortunately, they often lack the words to describe their anxiety so parents may not be entirely aware of it. When children have to deal with their anxiety on their own, it can affect their...
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Adolescent Psychiatry Adult Psychiatry Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

How Compulsive Behavior Relates to OCD

To some extent, many of us suffer from some forms of compulsive behavior. This could be anything ranging from an innocent focus on making sure your door is locked or on cleaning stains on your clothes to dangerous compulsions such as compulsive hand-washing, cleaning, gambling, hoarding, or shopping. Dangerous compulsions...
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Autism Child Psychiatry

The Early Signs of Autism: Recognizing the Signs 

Understanding the Early Signs of Autism During the developmental years of a child, it is may be challenging to be able to tell whether or not they are demonstrating the early signs of autism. This is especially true if you are unaware of the early signs of autism, especially when...
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Adolescent Psychiatry Child Psychiatry Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment

If you, or someone you know, was recently diagnosed with dyspraxia – this article is for you. Here, we will discuss the condition in detail. What is Dyspraxia? Dyspraxia is known by many names – motor learning difficulty, developmental coordination disorder, motor planning difficulty, "Clumsy Child Syndrome", and apraxia of...
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Child Psychiatry

10 Kids Books About Inclusion and Diversity

This week has, again, brought to light the ever-present importance to talking to our kids about diversity, equality and inclusion. Many of the parents of my child and teen patients have been asking me what books they can share with their children in this world filled with injustice, bullying, and...
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