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The Reuben Hill Research Award, given annually in his name by National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), was established in 1980 and is awarded for the best research or theory paper in the field of family sociology. [3] [10] [11] Wesley R. Burr described Hill's contribution as follows:
Researchers like Reuben Hill, an American sociologist, were interested in how the 1930s Great Depression contributed to economic and family stress at that time. [1] In 1994, Rand D. Conger and colleagues proposed the FSM from their work with rural families in Iowa to better understand how economic disadvantage effects child and adolescent ...
CDD is a rare condition, with only 1.7 cases per 100,000. [13] [14] [15]A child affected with childhood disintegrative disorder shows normal development. Up until this point, the child has developed normally in the areas of language skills, social skills, comprehension skills, and has maintained those skills for about two years.
Family resilience emerged as scholars incorporated together ideas from general systems theory perspectives on families, family stress theory, and psychological resilience perspectives. [7] Two prominent approaches to family resilience are to view families as contexts of individual resilience and families as systems. [8]
Autism spectrum disorder [a] (ASD), or simply autism, is a neurodevelopmental disorder "characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts" and "restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities". [11] Sensory abnormalities are also included in the diagnostic manuals ...
This theory hypothesizes that toxicity and oxidative stress may cause autism in some cases. Evidence includes genetic effects on metabolic pathways, reduced antioxidant capacity, enzyme changes, and enhanced biomarkers for oxidative stress. [130] One theory is that stress damages Purkinje cells in the cerebellum after birth, and it is possible ...
Lev suspects that Donny has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), "considering his ongoing reactions to traumatic events in his life." She also brings up Stockholm syndrome when speaking about ...
Classic autism, also known as childhood autism, autistic disorder, or Kanner's syndrome, is a formerly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder first described by Leo Kanner in 1943. It is characterized by atypical and impaired development in social interaction and communication as well as restricted, repetitive behaviors, activities, and interests.