
The Emotional Blindness of Alexithymia
Sometimes I work with children and adults who can't put words to their feelings and thoughts. It's not that they don't want to - it's more that they don't know how.
Dr. Deborah Serani is the award-winning author of Living with Depression and Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers. She is a go-to media expert on psychological issues and an associate professor at Adelphi University. Find her on Facebook. Follow Deborah Serani on Twitter @DeborahSerani
Sometimes I work with children and adults who can't put words to their feelings and thoughts. It's not that they don't want to - it's more that they don't know how.
More urban myth than actual reality, the holiday season does not have the highest incidence for suicide. Though suicide is the most preventable kind of death with an average of 3,000 people dying by suicide each day – November and December actually have the lowest rates of suicide...
Research shows that children, even babies, experience depression1. The clinical term is called Pediatric Depression, and rates are higher now than ever before2.
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