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...receive harsh physical punishments from parents tend to display excessive aggression as schoolchildren, says a study at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Researchers find that these youngsters end up feeling humiliated, frustrated by their unmet needs and unworthy of care. Later they mimic their parents' model of violence to cope with social situations...
...expression," she says. "The children can be an eagle or a mountain or greet the sun." Kemesha Adkins, a sophomore at a public school for high-risk kids in West Hollywood, fell behind in her grades after leaving her troubled home for foster care; she found yoga helped her cope. "I can let out all my anger through the different poses," she says. "Yesterday I went home crying. Then I started doing the exercises, and it calmed me down...
...addition to the factors that often seem to trigger depression in people of all ages, especially during the dark winter months and around the holidays, older people must cope with the loss of loved ones, social isolation and the physical limitations that often come with age. Physical changes in the brain caused by illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease and vascular (i.e., stroke-related) insufficiency, alcohol and drug abuse, and some antihypertensive medications also predispose the elderly to depression. Studies conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester division, confirm that medical illnesses...
...employment will encompass the spectrum of issues surrounding chronically ill people in the workplace: the need for flexibility and special accommodations, the high hurdles of re-entry and the challenges that precarious health places on people with a passionate drive to perform but a body that can't always cope with the stress of job performance. According to a Johns Hopkins University study called "Partnership for Solutions: Better Lives for People with Chronic Illness," about 40% of the U.S. working-age population has some form of chronic condition, defined as any that persists for a year or longer. With...
...founded last year by psychiatrist Kim Hyun Soo. While addiction to the Net is treated much like other dependencies, kids don't have to go cold turkey: the clinic lets them log on to its computers for short periods. But they spend most of their time relearning how to cope with people in the real world. There's one core problem: kids who are good at games and other cyberentertainment gain status among their peers, and that pushes them deeper into a computer-centered life. "In extreme cases," says Kim, "these kids believe they are really growing up in cyberspace...