Showing results for "Orphans" in Psychology & Mental Health

“Doomed from birth” was how psychologist Harold Skeels described two girls at the Orphans’ Home in Davenport, Iowa, in 1934. Following prevailing eugenic beliefs, Skeels and his colleague Marie Skodak assumed that the girls had inherited their parents’ low intelligence and sent them to an institution. To their astonishment, under the women’s care, the children’s IQ scores became normal. Recasting Skeels and his team as intrepid heroes, Marilyn Brookwood weaves years of prodigious archival research to show how after decades of backlash, the Iowans finally prevailed.

This "wise and caring book" (Library Journal) is a guide to understanding and coping with grief and all of the disorienting emotions that accompany the death of our parents. Losing our parents when we ourselves are adults is in the natural order of things, a rite of passage into true adulthood...

This is Podcast is about being an Orphan Adult. The loss of losing one or both parents to end of life. Exploring the reality of death of a parent through my real life experiences. How to deal with this enormous loss in your everyday life. Dealing with death is hard but especially difficult when it is so close to our heart. My podcast will give you insight into how I deal with this. Others are walking through this same journey. We are not alone we are the grownup orphan adults. Perhaps my journey will help someone who is going through the same issues.

Was passiert, wenn eine schwerwiegende Diagnose das eigene Leben auf den Kopf stellt? Diese Podcast-Serie richtet sich an Patient:innen und Angehörige. Denn wer die Diagnose: chronisch krank, unheilbar, oder Krebs bekommen hat oder jemanden im engeren Umfeld kennt, weiß es: Gerade zu Beginn ist alles erstmal völlig unklar, überfordernd oder zumindest herausfordernd. Was mache ich mit den vielen oder den fehlenden Informationen zu meiner Krankheit? Kann ich meinem Arzt, meiner Ärztin vertrauen? Wie sage ich es Freunden und Bekannten? Muss ich jetzt meinen Job kündigen? Und über all ...