Antidepressants for Treatment of Psychological Disorders in Children SSRI stands for Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor. These medications are in a class of drugs called antidepressants. Antidepressants first started being heavily marketed in the 1980’s and 1990’s to adults for the treatment of depression and anxiety. Studies done during this time showed that SSRI’s had less negative side effects compared to depression medications that were already being used. Prozac was the first drug
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OPINION Raising Successful Children Lizzy Stewart By MADELINE LEVINE * PHRASES like “tiger mom” and “helicopter parent” have made their way into everyday language. But does overparenting hurt‚ or help? Related * Sunday Book Review: ‘Teach Your Children Well’ by Madeline Levine (July 29‚ 2012) Related in Opinion * Room for Debate: Are Olympic Parents Supportive or Overbearing? (August 2‚ 2012) While parents who are clearly and embarrassingly inappropriate come
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CAUSES OF MULNUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEAR OLD IN MATHARE SLUMS NAIROBI PRESENTED BY [Name] Admission number SUPERVISOR: A RESERCH PROPOSAL SUBMITED TO KENYA INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF A DIPLOMA IN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS MANAGEMENT May 2012 DECLARATION Student’s declaration I declare that this is my original work and has not been submitted in any other learning institution for the award of degree or diploma. Name Signature Date Supervisor
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Independent Children The Daniel Morecombe case‚ I thought it prudent to consider an important issue that this story has highlighted. That is‚ at what point in our children’s lives do we allow them a level of independence to travel on their own? Daniel was 13 years old when he was abducted while waiting for bus on the Sunshine Coast‚ 8 years ago. As a parent of a 15 year old girl and a 13 year old boy‚ the story of Daniel Morcombe rings all too close to home. Daniel’s parents were not the
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IT302-Unit3-Rapier-John Kaplan University Part 1: Comparison of two Interaction Design Models. I have elected to compare the Waterfall model and Spiral Model. The Waterfall model is credited to Winston W. Royce in an article he published in 1970‚ although he did not refer to it as "Waterfall" in the commentary (Royce 1970). The Waterfall model is comprised of series of steps which include: gathering requirements; analysis; design; coding; testing and debugging;
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Running head: CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS 1 Children of Alcoholics A Counseling Group Proposal in a High School Setting Ashley Foster & Dan Ladig Ball State University Running head: CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS 2 Introduction Children of alcoholics (COAs) represent a significant portion of the population. It is estimated that 9‚700‚000 children (or 15% of the 66 million children) seventeen years of age or younger are living with an adult diagnosed with alcohol abuse or dependence in the past
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DIVORCE AND CHILDREN… EXPLORING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON CHILDREN INTRODUCTION Pickhardt (2006) defined divorce as the process in which two individuals decided to legally separate all aspect of their lives (legal‚ social‚ physical‚ and emotional) to develop their own individual lives. In today’s society‚ divorce is becoming an increasing epidemic of married couples with or without children. Such divorces that involve kids become increasingly difficult due to the stability of
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political rights. Rights tend to be of two general types: those advocating for children as autonomous persons under the law and those placing a claim on society for protection from harms perpetrated on children because of their dependency. These have been labeled as the right of empowerment and as the right to protection.[13] One Canadian organization categorizes children’s rights into three categories: Provision: Children have the right to an adequate standard of living‚ health care‚ education and
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As you swiftly pace through the hall of crowded mall‚ trying not to spill your coffee on your way to work you hear a cry‚ and something catches your eye‚ you begin to scan through the clusters of people as your eyes fixate on a child trying to free himself from the restraints of his mother as she repeatedly spanks him. This child is no more than the age of five and because he has been spanked his risk of mental illnesses have increased. You have just witnessed abuse and although some of you will
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Effects Children Have on a Relationship Rayna Dejesus Week 12 July 6‚ 2013 Children have a big impact on a relationship and the communication between two parents. Adding children into any relationship takes change and communication on both ends. It can be harder depending on the different relationship situations. Children change not only your personal relationship but also the relationships you have with friends and family. I asked three different parents that I know the same three questions
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