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...selective mutism, or SM for short, is the seemingly incongruous behavior Abby exhibits: voluble in private, silent in public. According to the official psychiatric diagnostic manual DSM-IV, a child who has developed normally at home but has not talked at school or in other social situations for at least a month is a strong candidate for a diagnosis of SM. Experts once believed that fewer than 1 in 1,000 kids developed the disorder, but an influential study three years ago in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry put the prevalence at closer...
...victim stated that while walking toward the entrance of Kirkland he noticed three males wearing hoods and masks over their faces,” Catalano wrote in an e-mail. “The victim interpreted this behavior as suspicious and tried to avoid the individuals as they approached him from behind...
...establishing a policy-strategy unit for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. Along with November's social unrest, she points to falling voter participation and declining labor-union membership as evidence of growing public cynicism. In Britain, the government is trying to stop the rot with a campaign against antisocial behavior, especially among young people. Launching his "respect" initiative, Prime Minister Blair personally traveled to the town of Swindon earlier this month and used a high-pressure hose to remove graffiti from the wall of a housing project...
Shows: Syndicated Tyra Banks Show and UPN's America's Next Top Model Concepts: Oprah for teens and Survivor for pretty girls Model behavior: Complains about her cellulite. Oprah should sock...
...Work in the outdoors is largely a seasonal business, and the chills of mid-October brought Kleinschmidt’s Green Mountain Club work to a close. When she returned from the trail, she dusted off her degree in biology and mind, brain, and behavior, and spent the fall and early winter in Boston working in a neurobiology lab at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...