Category: Mental Health
The Obama administration is moving forward with an ambitious agenda to improve the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and unlock a method to prevent it by 2025. The plan also sets up a wide-ranging effort to improve the care that Alzheimer’s patients receive and support families.
Teens who received emotional intelligence training had improved scores on measures of emotional well-being, including less anxiety, depression and social stress.
Older people have lower rates of depression than younger groups. But depression often goes undiagnosed in the elderly, who feel the stigma of mental illness more acutely than younger people and are often less likely to seek help. Medicare began to cover annual depression screening in primary-care settings.
For some, the first few days of daylight saving time can mean sleepiness and reduced concentration. To adjust Dr. Gina Chen, sleep specialist with The Polyclinic’s Sleep Medicine Center, recommends you should get your usual amount of sleep.
Changes in the brains of children at high-risk for developing autism who later go on to develop the condition can be detected as early as six months of age, long before any signs of autistic behavior appear.
A CDC study of 115 patients who believed they had parasitic skin condition called Morgellons disease found no evidence that parasites were present. The researchers concluded the patients were suffering from “delusional” infestations. Christian Scientist William Scott suggests a spiritual response may help these patients.
The use of overnight sleep testing has soared. One reason, critics say: testing is a lucrative business for doctors.
Want to lose weight? Quit smoking? Get fit? It can be done, but you’re more likely to reach your goals if you take a slow, step-by-step approach, experts say.
Group-based prevention strategies may offer a means of reaching more individuals than most treatment approaches.
Foster kids were more likely to be prescribed five or more psychotropic drugs at a time and at doses that exceed the maximum FDA-approved levels.
Temple Grandin, who was diagnosed with autism as a child but went on to obtain a Ph.D. in animal science, is noted for her work exploring the similarities between autistic consciousness and the thought processes of animals — research that has led to improvements in livestock handling to reduce animal stress.
While ADHD can’t be cured, it can be successfully managed, and there is a wealth of information available that you can access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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