ClinicalReads

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Emotions

Don’t Panic Attack

Sudden fear of unexplained impending danger can hinder normal activities. Panic attacks are sympto­matic of a serious medical condition.

Emotions

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Are You Responding Too Quickly?

If you build a story that differs from the one a speaker is expressing, you are having a tangential conversation.

Mental health

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Working With People Having Obsessions

Mental health professionals try to fix them and the unin­formed often stigmatize these gener­ally high-functioning individuals.

Woman

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Breast Augmentation Regrets

Because it is a potentially dangerous medical proce­dure with long-lasting conse­quences, make certain the reasons are not transient.

Maturity age 18+

Neurology

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Cope With Psychology of Chronic Pain

Coping with chronic pain that alters how you live your daily life can transcend the care medical doctors provide.

Prescriptions

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Common Drugs Effect Body Weight

A consequence of smoking or drug abuse is drama­tically altered diet, which can lead to irregular eating with poor nutrition.

Woman

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Dichotomy of Protecting Children With Torture

Breast ironing is a practice of suppressing pubes­cent breast growth in a mis­directed attempt to preserve chastity.

Maturity age 16+

Emotions

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Why Don’t You Think It’s Funny?

Humor is subjective, because everyone’s brain is wired a bit differently. Word associations are reinforced by a repetition of individual life experiences.

Emotions

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Planning Burial At Sea

There are several ways to handle cremated remains. A mortuary may dispose of them, ashes can be kept within an urn at a home, a crypt, or scattered at sea.

Oncology

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Signs a Loved One is Dying

How do professional caregivers know when a patient is transitioning to death? Pre-active and active phases of death become apparent prior to the inevitable.

Emotions

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Vitamin Deficiencies Affect Your Mood

Abnormal stress, masking a personal tragedy, or skipping required nutrition can overshadow an ordinarily pleasant personality, causing social conflicts.

Emotions

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How To Prevent Oversharing

If your personal revelation begins with, “This may shock you…” it is probably a good idea to put the rest of the statement on hold while you contemplate consequences.