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Childhood Depression

Friday, June 11th, 2010

CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION
Although you may not believe the children also become depressed, and we are seeing increasingly younger ages and cases. The combination of genetic predisposition to a number of risk factors such as parental divorce, or the bad environment at school, or the existence of persistent conflict, and physical or sexual abuse are some of the situations that create mental health danger of a child.

We have always believed erroneously that childhood is a time beautiful, wonderful, no conflicts, no problems, no penalties, but not so.

Childhood Depression

LOSSES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
The development and growth also, inevitably, losses and gains. The birth of a sibling, parental separation, divorce, changes of address, changes of school and other everyday situations involving a psychic work, and are the feelings of sadness, decay and fragility.

The passage of time and subtle own limitations posed duels that leave their traces and try to solve the child has an arsenal that combines self-assessment, recognition and the image returns to life itself. When this arsenal is very poor, there is a deficit that is a proper climate for the presentation of depression.

The oft-mentioned inferiority complex reveals the dissatisfaction of one’s gaze upon him, as hints or experiences power still depressed.

For us as parents, besides impotence, misleads us about what to do, or doing or when or when not to do and how can I tell if my child is depressed?

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Avoiding emotional stress and overweight

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Some tips to avoid falling into a pattern of stress and a significant increase in weight:

enjoy life

1. Avoid drinking coffee, and alcohol and if you take it, do it moderately. These substances over activating the body and even cause a feeling of relaxation, this is temporary.

2. Do sports at least three times a week. Moderate physical exertion stimulates the segregation of endorphins that positively affect our mood.

3. Maintain a balanced diet. This will not only help you to face everyday life situations with greater strength and endurance also look better physically will help you improve your mood.

4. Eat foods rich in vitamins A, B and C and minerals. Fruits and vegetables and nuts and steamed fish, we provide all the nutrients needed to prevent fatigue and everyday stress.

5. Sleep 8 hours daily. Try to follow a sleep routine to avoid sleep deprivation during the week and increasing the hours of sleep over the weekend. An average of eight hours a day is ideal for our body is at 100% to start the day.

6. Take at least 15 minutes each day to close your eyes, breathe deeply and let the mind go blank.

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Is there a cure for depression?

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Depression is a treatable disease and cure. To heal, you must necessarily drugs (antidepressants). These drugs are more effective if you follow along with psychotherapy. Many falsely believe that we must choose between psychotherapy and medication. There is nothing quite the contrary, the two complement treatment: medication and psychotherapy together and cons depression.

The treatment of depression takes time. Experts believe, in fact it must last at least six months. Below this length, you may relapse. And if you’ve been depressed once in your life, you do not want to repeat. To heal, it is necessary to regularly monitor your treatment. This is the key to success, yet we know that three patients did not follow his treatment well.

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What methods against stress?

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Hypnosis, relaxation therapy, NLP, EMDR, EFT … brief therapies are gaining momentum! And because these methods to address your fears and try to make them disappear in a few sessions.

Unlike conventional therapy, brief therapies are mostly interested in solutions, not causes. The goal in brief therapy is not to “understand the source of a problem,” but rather “how to remove it. These therapies are based on an objective change in a given time (no more than ten meetings in general). If the brief therapies are interesting for problems related to stress, they are not always suitable for all ills and do not necessarily replace the analytical work. However, if you want to learn how to manage your emotions, they can be quite effective.

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