Emotional & Mental Health Articles

Inhalants are a varied set of common household items turned into drugs. Because they're cheap, legal, and easy to come by, adolescents are especially vulnerable to their appeal.

How can you spot heroin use, and what are some of the signs that heroin addiction has set in?

Marijuana, used as a recreational drug, can become addictive. Could medical marijuana do the same?

Research shows that half of autistic children "wander off", leaving safe spaces, at least once after their fourth birthday. Why, and what can you do about it?

Can you be "a little bit autistic"? Many would be offended by the very idea, but research suggests it's possible — particularly if you have multiple autistic relatives.

PDD-NOS no longer exists as a diagnosis. Should it ever have? And what will people who would previously have been diagnosed with PDD-NOS fall under now?

Autistic people have differences in social communication — including language — by definition. What autistic traits are likely to cause confusion in non-autistic people?

The term "challenging behavior" is often mentioned when discussing autism — but what does it actually mean, and what are some examples?

When autistic people are talked about, it's often children that come up in conversation — but autism is there for life, and autistic children grow into autistic adults. What happens then?

Research has shown that the majority of autistic children face sleep problems on a daily basis. What can parents do to help improve their child's sleep?