Paxil SSRI Antidepressant Upgraded to Category D Pregnancy Drug

Paxil and Paroxetine HCL SSRI Antidepressants Upgraded to Category D Pregnancy Drugs
Paxil and Paroxetine HCL are SSRI (Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors) antidepressants marketed by GlaxoSmithKline. Paxil has been upgraded by the FDA as a category D pregnancy drug due; heart and lung birth defects are linted to Paxil.
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AA and Al-Anon Slogans: Progress Not Perfection

Relieve Stress with Al-Anon Slogans: Progress Not Perfection
Al-Anon has some excellent slogans for relieving stress and achieving some emotional balance. 'Progress not Perfection' is very healthy slogan. No one person is ever a finished product. Seeking perfection in yourself or others is a black hole. Read More

Toys Damage Creativity in Children

How Toys Are Killing Imagination and Creativity in Children
You've doubtless heard this before, but it bears repeating: children's toys are killing natural creativity and imagination. Mainstream commercial toys are doing irreperable damage to development of crucial skills in a child's life.
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Why Busy Schedules are Unhealthy for Children

Why Busy Schedules Are Unhealthy for Children
For the last 3-4 decades, we have been setting increasingly busier schedules for children. School, summer programs, lessons, activities, sports, clubs, volunteer work, jobs, sports practice, team events. Overly busy schedules are unhealthy for children.
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Parent and Teen Babysitting Checklist

Parent and Babysitter Health and Safety Checklist: What Parents Need to Do to Keep Children in Childcare Safe
Don't take chances with babysitters and children in childcare. Leave careful instructions. Keep your cell phone on and charged. Don't travel too far from your children. Plan for emergencies. Cover all bases and plan for the worst.
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Stinkin Thinkin, Toxic Behavior and Detachment in Relationships

Stinking Thinking and Toxic Behavior: Mental Detachment
In a relationship with stinking thinking and toxic behavior? If someone you love has stinking thinking with toxic behavior you need to detach. Your job is to keep yourself safe. Emotional and mental detachment is one method.
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Clinical Chronic Depression: Long-term Effects on Mind and Body

Clinical Chronic Depression, Major Depressive Disorder--How Depression Affects the Mind, Body and Emotions
There are a multitude of causes for depression. Clinical depression is chronic the roots are more difficult to find compared to acute, situational depression with more readily traceable causes (death of a loved one, job loss, for example).
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Depression: Emotional Pain and Physical Pain

Understanding Depression, Emotional and Physical Pain: Mind-Body Connections
I'm a special education teacher certified in emotional impairment. I have a degree in psychology. I've read almost every book on depression self-help. I've also battled depression and it's my own experience with depression that has taught me the most.
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What Depression Looks Like

Understanding Depression and Nervous Emotional Disorders
Depression is pervasive, insidious and baffling. What does depression look like? Don't overlook depression just because a person looks happy. Depressed people have a high pain tolerance. It's emotional leprosy. Read More

How to Talk to Kids About Sex

Parenting and Communication: How to Have 'The Talk' About Sex with Your Child
How to talk to kids about sex; possibly the most uncomfortable topic for discussion in the parenting world. How do you explain sex to kids? When should parents have 'the talk' with their children?
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