Results for Adjustment Problems

Adolescence can be an emotionally turbulent time, but new research at Penn State found that close, supportive relationships with parents—especially dads—at key points during adolescence can help stave off certain adjustment problems.

Now that you’re divorced, you may be wondering how your role as a parent must change. The truth is it doesn’t need to change much if at all. Instead, you...

Any breakup is hard, but divorce is often especially difficult, as you have to say goodbye to the person you planned to spend the rest of your life with...

When two people divorce, the whole family is often affected: but the children that are involved are especially vulnerable to suffering in the wake of their parents’ divorce...

There are a lot of reasons someone might feel anxious. A stressful job, a dysfunctional family or simply a sensitivity to stress can be the cause of your problems. Anxiety can affect anyone. If anxiety is a normal part of your day, the following are some proven ideas to help you relax in life more
If you are one of the millions of sufferers of persistent anxiety, then you need to visit your doctor. Each day there are new breakthroughs in treatment and…

Given the uncertainty of adoption, parents are struggling with how to juggle being open and honest with their biological or already adopted children.

Fear of change keeps us in undesirable situations like poor relationships, careers we can't stand, or identity crises. Learn how to make needed adjustments.

Remote hiring is now central to many companies' hiring strategies as candidate markets have become more competitive. Find out how you can do it too.

Several insurers racked up massive charges under an Affordable Care Act program meant to steady individual insurance market premiums and discourage insurers from cherry-picking healthy, less costly members.

You just brought home a new little bundle of joy but suddenly your older child is exhibiting all kinds of out-of-character behavior. Here are a few tips to consider when introducing a new child into the family.

A new program is helping children with anxiety disorders by training parents how to adjust their own behavior first — and it’s working.

The words “adjustment disorder” seem to imply a child with many problems and who is poorly adjusted. Though it sounds scary, it’s usually not.

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About 10,000 people are homeless in Nebraska each year. Recently two names dropped off that list, an Omaha couple who were living in a tent camp. In February we introduced…

This guest post is excerpted from an article that originally appeared in the Adoptalk, a quarterly publication of the North American Council on Adoptable Children
When you adopt a child, it’s easy to focus on their immediate needs: home, food, routine, education, people, etc. These are all important, and your child certainly experiences significant changes that require patience, love, and understanding from you as they adjust…

Life transitions, happy, sad, or mixed, all involve some degree of stress for our system.

While shopping for a book for his granddaughter one holiday season, Eric Harvey pondered the leadership abilities of Santa Claus–whose global toy manufacturing and distribution business enjoys legendary status. What are the secrets to his success
Harvey, @InspiredLiving on Twitter, has written and published numerous leadership books as president of WalkTheTalk.com . He's learned over the years that if you provide an engaging metaphor for leadership…

Experiencing stress is a natural reaction to certain things in life. If anxiety seems to be taking a toll on how you live your life then you should do what you can to take control. Luckily, there are things you can do to combat anxiety and its effects. This article contains all the information that you need to take control of your anxiety, and finally get rid of it for good
To keep anxiety from impacting you every day, add enough exercise into…

Heal Your Digestion, Improve Energy and Moods
Your spleen stores blood and distributes the energy obtained from food throughout the body; stomach takes the energy from food for the spleen to distribute; pancreas secretes hormones into the blood and regulates the body’s use of glucose; secretes pancreatic enzymes into the small intestine
Imbalances in these organs may show up as chronic tiredness, muscle pain, nausea, eating…

Carl Jung , a psychologist and advocate of positive psychology, often made reference to the concept of “persona” – the social face a person presented to the outside world. He went on to describe the persona as a type of “mask” with a dual purpose – to make a definite impression on others and to conceal the person’s true nature. So, just how does the concept of “persona” affect the interactions with have with others? First, let’s talk about identification
Identification, according to…

Drug abuse by young adults in the USA is higher than anywhere else in the world. In 2012, approximately one third of young adults ages 18-25 admitted to binge drinking in the past month, and one fifth reported using an illicit drug within the last month
A National Institute on Drug Abuse study found that 20 percent of eighth graders, 36 percent of tenth graders and nearly 47 percent of twelfth graders had used an illicit drug and that more than five million…