Is My Mother Abusive?
How to Handle An Abusive Relationshipread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barbara Greenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Self-Help abuse child abuse children college corporal punishment grief helicopter parents high school marriage psychiatry psychology separation anxiety sex sexuality teens university verbal abuse Source Type: news

Pets can get back-to-school blues
Dogs may suffer separation anxiety when their playmates go back to school; here are tips to help them adjust (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - August 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hello-Goodbye: 5 Ways to Make Transitions Easier
Goodbyes are in the air. Do you have children leaving for camp or coming home, starting college, going back to school, or off for a semester abroad? Are you changing jobs, getting divorced, moving? Goodbyes don’t have to be life-destroying. Here are 5 ways to ease transitions and move forward whether you're leaving or being left. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - July 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: F. Diane Barth, L.C.S.W. Tags: Happiness Parenting Relationships Resilience change college goodbye loneliness loss sadness separation separation anxiety transition Source Type: news

What scientific idea is ready for retirement?
Each year a forum for the world's most brilliant minds asks one question. This year's drew responses from such names as Richard Dawkins, Ian McEwan and Alan Alda. Here, edge.org founder John Brockman explains how the question came into being and we pick some of the best responsesEdge.org was launched in 1996 as the online version of "the Reality Club", an informal gathering of intellectuals who met from 1981 to 1996 in Chinese restaurants, artist lofts, investment banking firms, ballrooms, museums, living rooms and elsewhere. Though the venue is now in cyberspace, the spirit of the Reality Club lives on in the lively back-...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 12, 2014 Category: Science Authors: The Observer Tags: Astronomy Biology Mathematics Technology Physics Features Internet Animal behaviour The Observer Science Source Type: news

Health Tip: Help Ease Separation Anxiety at Night
Title: Health Tip: Help Ease Separation Anxiety at NightCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/14/2013 7:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/14/2013 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - November 14, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

App could speed up kids’ anxiety treatment
SmartCAT, an app to help children handle anxiety, is capable of supporting brief cognitive behavioral therapy (BCBT) and could yield positive results over a short period of time, according to a study from the Department of Health Information at the University of Pittsburgh. Generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and separation anxiety disorder are very prevalent [...] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - October 15, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Uncategorized anxiety anxiety app SmartCAT University of Pittsburgh Source Type: news

Separation anxiety: More than just the back-to-school blues
Most children experience some degree of apprehension and excitement as the first day of school approaches, but what does it mean when a child is overcome with fear at the thought of separating from parents and caregivers to go to class? This overwhelming fear may be a sign of separation anxiety disorder, a condition characterized by a school-aged child's extreme fear and nervousness of separating from loved ones. "Upwards of 5 percent of children between the ages of 7 and 11 years old suffer from separation anxiety disorder in the United States... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news

Children & Divorce: Helping and Healing
Divorce is one of the major life-changes for children and teens as well as adults. Some guidelines for helping them successfully move through this transition.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - June 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Taibbi, L.C.S.W. Tags: Child Development Parenting Relationships Self-Help attachment figures couples difficult children divorce failure fly greek story jack gilbert marriage memories mom new chapter poem separation anxiety snack story of i Source Type: news

Daycare May Be Good for Kids of Depressed Moms
According to a new Canadian study, children of depressed moms who attend daycare may have fewer emotional problems. About 19% of the mothers who participated in the study had depression symptoms during the study; and, as previous research had predicted, their children were about twice as likely to develop emotional problems and separation anxiety before the age of five.  Going to a daycare program, however, seemed to protect the kids from developing these issues....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Depression)
Source: About.com Depression - June 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Divorce and Separation Anxiety
Divorce can make anyone anxious; even more so with children. Find out about Separation Anxiety and what you can do about it. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - April 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Banschick, M.D. Tags: Depression Happiness Parenting Personality Relationships Resilience Self-Help Social Life Spirituality Stress Therapy anxiety apart blood pressure children cope divorce divorce separation divorced parents extreme stat Source Type: news