| Children born into families which split up before they are 16 are two and a half times more likely to develop schizophrenia in later life than those brought up by parents who stay together, psychiatrists leading the largest UK study into why people develop psychosis revealed yesterday.
The risk occurs if children have been separated from parents for at least a year, or if either parent dies, or both. It makes no difference which parent leaves, and the risk remains even if the child maintains r... | Q: My 31-year-old daughter is pretty, in good shape and a successful professional with lots of friends and interests. We're close and talk on the phone daily, but there's one topic I can't mention: dating. She claims I'm driving her crazy and putting too much pressure on her because I'm panicky about her situation. I'm worried to death because she's had 10 to 15 "boyfriends" in the six years she's been out of grad school, but none for more than several months. She'll say they have no chemistry, ... |
Don’t trust the chatter about “making an impression” during the first few weeks — a first-year would like nothing more than to be inconspicuous. Speaking from personal experience, a first-year wants at the very least a grace period of six days in which he or she may fumble with lunch trays, forget to bring coins to the laundry room and ask where Paces is, and at the very most he wants an invisibility cloak with GPS. But inconspicuous first-years aren’t. Turns out, in fact, they’re being watche... |
