Psychosocial Rehabilitation Tips

Depression is not just sadness that requires treatment but sadness becomes severe and often tearful, usually along with poor appetite or overeating, sleep difficulties, low energy, low self-esteem, poor concentration, difficulty making decisions and feelings of hopelessness. Sometimes, due to the early experiences of life, the person starts formulating dysfunctional assumptions (rigid, resistant to change and extreme). The problem arises when these assumptions get activated by critical incidents...more

Ataxia-
The muscle coordination in the body will perform crucial functions. A perfect coordination is required to deliver a speech, walk, move, swallow food, drink water and pick up objects. You will be able to perform various kinds of voluntary movements if there is perfect coordination of muscles. There are many causes which lead to Ataxia which include head trauma, stroke, alcohol abuse, tumour and multiple sclerosis. As there are many types of Ataxia, the doctor will figure out the type...more

What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorders are brain disorders that cause changes in a person s mood, energy and ability to function. Bipolar disorder is a category that includes three different conditions bipolar I, bipolar II and cyclothymic disorder.
People with bipolar disorders have extreme and intense emotional states that occur at distinct times, called mood episodes. These mood episodes are categorized as manic, hypomanic or depressive. People with bipolar disorders generally ...more

Disc bulge/prolapse can be permanently cured by manual therapy, in which we push it to it's normal place.

CBT is a form of talk therapy and includes two components; the cognitive aspect and the behavioural aspect. If you also get CBT, your treatment might work even better and the benefits might last longer. Depression tends to occur due to faulty behaviour pattern and dysfunctional thoughts. Counselling can do wonders in order to replace the dysfunctional thoughts with the corrective ones. During the counselling process, the counsellor will probe and help you understand your defective ways to look a...more

From terrorism to natural disasters, there are a number of traumatic events constantly hurling themselves at us. Given the amount of stress it causes an adult, imagine how a child can process this information. Often traumatic events that occur in childhood can trigger phobias and anxiety disorders that last a lifetime if not dealt with correctly.

Each child responds to trauma in a different way depending on the circumstances and their age and personality. What is common is that all chil...more

As a parent, we all love our children deeply. And most of us will agree that these days parenting is very demanding and exhausting instead of pleasurable and joyous process. What has changed? It is not that children are any different. The difference is in the environment around them with stronger social influences; and this also affects the way we parent. In today's more democratic and egalitarian world; 'Do as I say and not as I do' style of parenting does not work. But, 'I will do as I see you...more

What is Hoarding?

Hoarding is the excessive collection of items, along with the inability to discard them. It s a specific type of behavior that can have a severe impact on a person s life.

Symptoms of Hoarding-

Cluttered living spaces
Inability to discard items
Keeping stacks of newspapers, magazines or junk mail
Moving items from one pile to another, without discarding anything
Acquiring useless items, including trash or napkins from a restaurant
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Behavioral Treatment For Kids With Anxiety-

When a child shows signs of anxiety, we tend to think it will go away she s just nervous or shy, and she ll grow out of it. But when the anxiety becomes so intense that it s seriously interfering with a child s life, and the life of her family, it s important to get help.
Serious untreated anxiety tends to get worse over time, not better, because the child learns that avoidance works in reducing anxiety, at least in the short run. But as t...more

Why Choose Occupational Therapy for Developmental Disabilities?

In this article we will be talking more about Occupational therapy and how it can effectively help those who are suffering from developmental disabilities. Do you know what occupational therapy is? Well, we have discussed it in detail in this article, so have a look.

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational Therapy is the form of therapy in which a patient is treated so that they can participate in all ...more