From Deep Within: My Quest for Truth, Power, & Purpose
“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
View ArticleOccupation and the Mind
Ahmad, a 46-year-old man from Ramallah, was doing well, until his last detention. But this time he just could not tolerate the long incarceration in a tiny cell, with complete visual and auditory...
View ArticleThe Greatest Psychologist Ever
What has the year been like for you? Awful; full of uncertainty - a continuous struggle against the devouring hunt for time, fame, and fortune? Wondering for how much longer you can make ends meet...
View ArticleTraditional Approach to Family Mental Health
In Thailand in the early 1990s the AIDS epidemic had already reared its ugly head throwing individuals and families into chaos. The stigma attached to AIDS drove mothers to abandon their babies,...
View ArticleAutism and the Process of Independence
If you are a parent who has reared a child with Autism, and they are about to complete their high school educational and/or is about to become of legal age, you will have many things to consider during...
View ArticleA Psychologist's Take on US School Shooting
We live in a culture of violence. The television has constant scenes of family violence, community violence, themes of revenge and war. Gangs seem “cool” to young people with the underlying theme of...
View ArticlePsychiatric Drugs, US School Shootings (Video)
As written in the description of this video, it highlights the link between psychiatric drugs and acts of senseless violence, including nearly all recent mass-shootings and school shootings in the US...
View ArticleAutism: Guide for Parents
When your child is born, he or she has a brain that has many neurological synaptic connections. In fact, these connections are so many that they are simply not efficient or strong enough to create...
View ArticleCoping With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a form of anxiety disorder. Treatment may include exposure therapy (with prevention of compulsive rituals) and antidepressants. The obsessions are usually related...
View ArticleOCD: The Ones Who Suffer Silently
Fatimah was rushing to leave for class, when she realized the oven was still on. She went into the kitchen, turned it off, grabbed her purse which was on the counter next to the oven and headed out the...
View ArticleWhy Are Muslims More Likely to Suffer From OCD?
In the first part of this article, the counselor gave examples of 2 cases that suffer from obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD). In this part, she will analyze the mentioned cases and explain more...
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