Sleep
Medical practitioners, no matter what field they’re in, often suffer from lack of sleep and this result into stress. If you want to get rid of stress, you need to sleep more. It’s really as simple as that. Sleeping on a bed would always be nice but not necessary. Just find someplace comfortable and then grab any opportunity you can get to catch a few winks. You can’t imagine what a huge difference a mere few minutes of sleep can do to your energy and stamina!

Read
Reading a book is relaxing for practically everyone as long as you’ve chosen the right reading materials. Of course, work-related texts are expressly forbidden as they’re liable to make your mind dwell longer on job-related matters, which would defeat the purpose of reading in the first place. As you turn the pages, give your imagination freedom to explore the world within the book. Let it beguile you into forgetting, even just for a while, your troubles in real life. And when you emerge from your paper adventure, you’ll be surprised at how refreshed and energized you’d feel…assuming, that is, you’ve read a book with a happily-ever-after ending.<

Sports
It doesn’t have to be a group or pair-based sport. It can be something solitary like golf or running. What matters is that you’re releasing any strong emotions inside you as you expend physical effort without hurting anyone physically or emotionally.
For sports to be a more effective stress buster, you need to give it your all every time you play. Use your force, your power, and everything else you have whenever you hit the ball or strike something. With that, you’d almost feel like you’re throwing out all your anger, frustration, and all other bad feelings and emerge a completely new person with newly unburdened shoulders.

Do something you love
It has to be something that you truly feel passionate about. It could be something as simple as watching a movie or eating. It can also be something materially based, such as adding to your doll collection. Do whatever it is that would make you happy and remind you about the beauty of life, no matter what troubles you’re currently facing.

Almost impossible to determine what makes a child become “normal” at every stage of its growth and development, but in general, a child who lives normally in the home, neighborhood and school did not seem to have psychological disorders. Problems with the teacher or a fight with his friend could not be a reference that the child is experiencing mental disorders. Parents should pay attention to his daily behavior or behavior that persists for a certain period. Children who can not be friends or do not want to be friends by peers may be experiencing emotional or psychological problems.

The family doctor is the right person to consult about the behavior and the disorder – he knew the child personally and can help to choose a mental health professional if necessary. Teachers who can assess the performance and behavior of the child when he was with his peers can assist in identifying the problem.

Mental retardation

Definition

Milestones of child development is used as a rough guide to assess the normality of function. At a certain age most children begin to recognize a parent’s voice or start learning to walk. Guidelines for behavior on the basis of this age are not standard, so if your child walk or talk after a longer or faster than other kids, so this does not necessarily indicate a disorder. Standard examination to evaluate mental retardation should be done when you suspect a delay in the development of children. Approximately 1% of children suffer from mental retardation.

Many children with mental retardation were born with physical abnormalities, such as hearing a weak power, or heart problems. They are at risk of three to four times higher for other mental disorder such as learning disabilities and incontinence than the general population. The ratio of mental retardation in men and women is 3:2.
Causes

The cause of mental retardation was found only in less than half the number of cases. mild retardation is generally found in the socio-economic class is low, but mental retardation is mild or severe is found in all classes equally. Negative influence in the home such as child neglect and lack of social stimulation and language may have a role in the development of a mild case.

Genetic disorders found in 25% of children who suffered from mental retardation, and this is usually associated with severe retardation. Down syndrome is a congenital form of mental retardation is the most common, caused by chromosomal abnormality and occurs in 1 in 700 births in the United States. Although women at any age can have children with Down syndrome, this risk increases sharply when reaching 35 years of age and above. These disturbances, and a number of congenital disorders and other congenital, can be diagnosed in utero by using ultrasound or amniocentesis. Children who have Down syndrome have distinctive facial characteristics from birth and include retarded in the development of speech and muscle coordination.

Many diseases that occur during pregnancy can cause mental retardation, especially during the first weeks when the organ systems begin to form, and it emphasizes the importance of prenatal care. Maternal infections such as rubella (German smallpox), syphilis, and cytomegalovirus is a type of disease that can cause retardation. Illness and injuries during childhood can cause mental retardation after birth. The most common is the encephalitis and meningitis, which attacks the brain directly. Other causes are trauma to the head injury that can result from harsh treatment of children in motor vehicle accidents and other accidents.

Diagnosis

Psychological examination can be done before the child is old enough to go to school to determine whether he has mental retardation. Since many variations in the development of children, very young children may develop more slowly than their peers but not necessarily he suffered mental retardation.

American Psychiatrist Association suggests the following criteria for the diagnosis of mental retardation:

• IQ is far below the average (70 or under).
• Power weak adaptation functions in terms of social skills, responsibility, communication, freedom interrelatedness, skills of daily living, the ability to be self-sufficient is slow when compared with age.
• The attack before the age of 18 years.

Medical

Prevention of mental retardation through prenatal care and infection control is better the best treatment. After successfully diagnosed with mental retardation, social and intellectual functions of children can be improved through a program designed to stimulate development. Now the school began a speech and language training, play therapy, and social skills.

Parents may feel overwhelmed physically and mentally when it comes to caring for children who suffer from mental retardation. Consultation of parents is very important to cope with stress and can help identify the anger and guilt that may arise in a situation like this.

Prevention

Prenatal care, good birth can prevent infection that can cause mental retardation in the fetus.

But just because one person is moping around and just generally hating the world around him or her, doesn’t mean that it’s already depression, but if this kind of behavior, the feeling of emptiness, loss of self-worth and absolutely no hope for happiness just goes on and on, then, yes, that individual is very much, indeed, depressed.

Still, there are various types of depression, from Manic or Bipolar depression – characterized by sudden and extreme changes in one’s mood wherein one minute he or she is in an elevated state of euphoria while the next minute (day or week) he or she is feeling to be in a personal hell, Postpartum depression – characterized by a prolonged sadness and a feeling of emptiness by a new mother wherein physical stress during child birth, an uncertain sense of responsibility towards the new born baby can be just some of the possible factors why some new mother go through this, Dysthimia – characterized by a slight similarity with depression, although this time, it’s been proven to be a lot less severe, but of course with any case, should be treated immediately, Cyclothemia – characterized by a slight similarity with Manic or Bipolar depression wherein the individual suffering from this mental illness may occasionally suffer from severe changes in one’s moods, Seasonal Affective Disorder – characterized by falling in a rut only during specific seasons (i.e. Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall) studies however, prove that more people actually fall in to a rut more during the WInter and Fall seasons and lastly, Mood swings, wherein a person’s mood may shift from happy to sad to angry in just a short time.

Clinical depression however, or as some might call as ‘major’ depression, is actually the medical term for depression. Actually clinical depression is more of a disorder rather than an illness since it basically covers only those who are suffering from symptoms related to depression. Clinical depression is how doctors usually refer to “depression” when giving a diagnose of their patient. It’s basically just a medical term.

However, in spite of being an actual disorder, Clinical depression may well be treated. Doctors are actually highly optimistic that their patients who are suffering from Clinical disorder will be well on their way towards good mental health as long as they treated as soon as they have been diagnosed with Clinical depression. Patients who have been seeking for treatments for Clinical depression have proven to be quite successful in their quest, given that 80 percent of actual Clinical depression patients have been treated and has somewhat found relief from their disorder.

For those who may be seeking some answers for their Clinical depression related questions, the depression section of the health center is highly recommended, as well as books on psychiatry and the internet – which can offer a lot of helpful information with regards to Clinical depression although self-medication/treatment is highly disapproved of. Clinical depression may not pose as much as a threat as the other types of depression, but it is best to leave it to the hands of professionals who can safely attend to and cure this disorder.