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Aboulomania (from Greek a– 'without' and boulē 'will') [1] is a mental disorder in which the patient displays pathological indecisiveness. [2] [3] The term was created in 1883 by the neurologist William Alexander Hammond, who defined it as: ‘a form of insanity characterised by an inertness, torpor, or paralysis of the will’.
Children can be vulnerable to life events following loss. [3] The vulnerability is due to developmental immaturity and the lack of developed coping abilities. [3] It is common to assume children will grieve in a similar fashion to adults, but their symptoms and duration of grief following loss appears differently. [3]
In one study of subjects ambivalent about suicide, persons inclined towards death were 6.5 times more likely to die than those and inclined towards living. [4] O'Connor et al. even tried to categorize people at risk due to suicidal ambivalence. Patients with a prevailing desire to die were significantly more likely to attempt suicide than were ...
However, not all children who are exposed to a potentially traumatic event develop subsequent struggles with mental or physical health. [44] Therefore, there are factors that reduce the impact of potentially traumatic events and protect an individual from developing mental health problems after exposure to a potentially traumatic event.
Sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) is the death of a child over the age of 12 months which remains unexplained after a thorough investigation and autopsy. There has not been enough research to identify risk factors, common characteristics, or prevention strategies for SUDC. SUDC is similar in concept to sudden infant death syndrome ...
“That’s a very big, big, present thing in my life,” she said, adding, “however I’m meant to have them, I will.” Of course, that doesn’t mean she can’t have children at all.
Some life insurance policies, known as accidental death policies, only provide coverage for the insured if they die due to an accident. Causes of death related to illness, medical issues or ...
Children with CDS seem to have more difficulty with consistently remembering things that were previously learned and make more mistakes on memory retrieval tests than do children with ADHD. They have been found to perform much worse on psychological tests involving perceptual-motor speed or hand-eye coordination and speed.