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Is a Natural Panic Attack Remedy a Good Choice For You?

For many people, a natural panic attack remedy sounds good, but the fear that these treatments will be ineffective stops many people from trying them. Natural treatments can be equally effective as their prescription counterparts. The added benefits included are that you don't suffer from some

How to Care for Yourself After a Radical Mastectomy

Modified radical mastectomies, where the lymph nodes beneath the arm, chest muscle lining and entire breast are removed, are commonly performed for breast cancer. In a radical mastectomy, some fatty tissue and muscles beneath the breast are also removed (see Reference 1). Because wound infection and

How to Iterate Over Keys in HashMap in Java

Maps -- HashMaps especially -- are one of the most commonly used data types in the Java environment. They store a key/value pair, where only one instance of a given key is allowed. This is great for representing things such as user preferences, session data (for a Web application), and essentially a

Thinking Vs Feeling

In the 21 century, we are in the moment of integrating arts and science, body and mind. Thinking has been the dominant quality of our society and the academic field. Artists and scientists have been separate not trying to incorporate other party's perspective. Thinking can be creative sometimes

A Healthy Gut - A Healthy Mind and Body

Like a lot of things in life research is telling us what we really already knew. How many times have you felt the answer in your gut? Now that researchers are finding out that the gut acts as a brain will you pay more attention to it?

Taoist Spirituality and Psychotherapy

Lao Tzu and his beautiful writings of Tao Te Ching (or Dao De Jing) guided ancient Chinese through a chaotic and tumultuous time of political, social, and spiritual crisis during the Warring State Period. Lao Tzu's radical thinking and teachings parted from Confucius' teachings of values,

Protocol for Alcohol Detoxing Patients

Alcohol detox can be done on an inpatient or an outpatient basis. When most people think of detox, they think of the period of acute detox in which patients actually experience physical symptoms as their bodies' withdraw from dependence on alcohol. This is only the first stage in detox, which has tw

How to Recession-Proof Your Health

How do we stay healthy in body, mind and spirit during a recession while surrounded by all the stress of changes in our employment, economy and personal lives? Here are some easy things to do that can help us get through any turmoil we are experiencing and keep us out of depression.

Humanistic Techniques in Counseling

Humanistic counseling is aimed at helping the counseling client make different choices. This type of counseling gives the client as much freedom to be himself in the counseling setting as possible. The counselor's role is to accept the client as she is and direct her to view her choices...

Social Phobia, the Brain and Self-Perception

Social phobia is consider to be one of the most common anxiety disorders in the world. In this article you will learn what happens in the brain of a person with social phobia and how one of the bigges

Handicap Vans For the Disabled

Handicap vans are now allowing those bound to a wheelchair to achieve some sort of normalcy in their lives. The wheelchair van is now a common type of transportation for the handicapped individual.

Choose Your 2012 Word

Be still and choose a word for 2012. This word will help you grow spiritually in 2012.

Eating Disorder Fact Sheet

IntroductionEating disorders are becoming widespread with even children in the first to third grades having eating disorders. While eating disorders affect adults, teenagers and children of both genders, most who suffer from these diseases are teenage girls. Eating disorders stem from a...

Anxieties about visiting a therapist

At the point when considering mental therapy, most patients experience anxiety and nervousness. This uneasiness can show itself consciously and unconsciously. Some people may wonder 'why would I tell

Multicultural Counseling Perspectives

A multicultural sensitive design provides comprehensive up to date knowledge, skills and perspectives in counseling. Multicultural counseling has objectives of helping to develop a multicultural persp

Learn How You Can Live With Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a medical condition that many of us have to deal with. Learn what we can do to make it easier for us and other people to live with.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - The Truth About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is something that millions of people suffer with all over the world. I want you to know that it is not easy to deal with OCD the traditional way. What I mean by the traditional way is if you are suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder you would normally go to a the

OCD Relationship - Secret OCD Insights

Understand that an OCD relationship can be very difficult if you are the one that has OCD and are trying to get the other person to do rituals for you or with you. You cannot give into your every whim

How Music Treatment Allows Children With Autism

Several studies have confirmed, time and again, that music therapy can advantage individuals of all capabilities and ages. Such therapy has been used to support intellectual, public and psychological