Living abroad can clarify your sense of self, according to new research by a team of social scientists at Rice University, Columbia University and the University of North Carolina. The new research also shows that living abroad leads to clearer career decision-making. They found living abroad increases “self-concept clarity” — the extent to which individuals’ beliefs about ...
A study in Biological Psychiatry examines the sex-specific molecular changes in major depressive disorder (MDD). Men and women with major depression have opposite changes in the expression of the same genes, according to a new postmortem brain study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Canada. ...
School-based services delivered by teachers and other school-based professionals can help reduce children’s mental health problems in elementary-aged children, reports a study published in the March 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). Lead author Amanda Sanchez, MS, of the Center for Children and Families at Florida International University, said: ...
Asia’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, talked on many occasions about his way of doing business to become a success. He often shares his view on how to judge friends and trust people. Li Ka-shing was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China in 1928, but in 1940, Li Ka-shing and his family fled to Hong Kong during ...
ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is a diagnosis that is given to people who are inattentive, impulsive, disorganized, forgetful, and who often daydream and lose things. These, among other symptoms, get in the way of normal everyday activities. This is the difference between ADHD vs. ADD. What is ADD? ADD stands for ...
The Analects of Confucius is a collection of sayings and ideas collected by his students around 500 B.C. during China’s Warring States period. As ancient as it is, the values behind the words withstand the test of time. Some of the sayings from the Analects of Confucius Man’s life is full of uncertainty. It might ...
In the summer, you need to learn how to cultivate your inner fire. Within traditional Chinese medicine, there is the five element theory. It is believed that each season (fall, winter, spring, summer, and late summer) is connected to one of the five elements: metal, water, wood, fire, and earth. Summer, the warmest season, relates ...
A patient whom I will call Rita came to me to treat her Parkinson’s disease. In traditional Chinese medicine, Parkinson’s disease is called “trembling paralysis.” Rita was referred to me by a doctor of Western medicine. She had been suffering from this ailment for three years. Both her hands trembled, but the right one trembled ...
In the long history of Chinese civilization, harmony has always been a highly valued virtue. Chinese people have always put an emphasis on harmony. It encompasses the fundamental principles of nature, society, and humanity. It is also a prerequisite for cultivating one’s morality, protecting one’s family, governing one’s nation, and stabilizing the world. Harmony is ...
Meditation is an approach to training the mind, just like you may use fitness to train the body. With the fast pace and the demands of modern life, most people are left feeling stressed and over-worked. Feeling this way, you are also left feeling tired, unhappy, impatient, and frustrated, which all affect our overall health. ...
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