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Computer Use in Teenagers and Their Emotional Health
How Much is Too Much? In the United States, the average time youth spend playing video games varies between 8-14 hours per week. Most guidelines recommend a total daily screen time (which includes watching TV, cellphone, and computer use or gaming combined) of two...
Computer Addicted Teenagers and Their Emotional Health
Author: Amanjot Kaur, M.D. As a Child and Adult Psychiatrist, I have expertise in treating various mood disorders, anxiety disorders, behavioral problems and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Additionally, I have special interest in treating patients...
Dealing with Behavioral Problems in Children: A Guide to Help with Common Parenting Challenges (Part 2)
Tool #2: A Positive Strategy for Setting Limits This is the second in a series on Parenting Explain your decision-making process to your children, without becoming defensive or having to repeat yourself. When children challenge a rule and ask why they have to...
Dealing with Behavioral Problems in Children: A Guide to Help with Common Parenting Challenges
This is the first in a series on Parenting Tool #1: Setting and Communicating Expectations Most parents do a good job raising their children in an effort to nurture them into becoming happy, healthy, productive adults. But there is no definitive manual that provides...
The Young Adult Couch Potato: Dependent Young Adults Struggling to Move Forward
There seems to be an increasing number of teens and young adults struggling to find their footing when it comes to determining what they want to do for their future. It is an under recognized but rapidly growing phenomenon. Transitioning into adulthood is a difficult...
What is applied behavior analysis (ABA)?
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is today widely recognized as a safe and effective treatment for autism. History of ABA began in early 1960 derived from B.F skinner’s laboratory experimentations. B.F. (Burrhus Frederic) Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990)...
The Dormancy of Emotional and Mental Symptoms and the long delay in Seeking Help
On average, it takes many years for an individual to experience emotional symptoms that affect his/her functionality. Once functionality is affected, it takes, on average, additional 5 to 8 years for the individual to seek help and receive appropriate treatment. Most...
The ABC’s of Emotional literacy
Every child should be taught the basic elements of emotional literacy. Like any other process of learning, this requires practice, repetition, and skill building. This is a slow and gradual process much like learning how to play the piano. A flexible but well planned...
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