by admin | Jul 19, 2019 | Anxiety Disorder, Assessment and Diagnosis, Autism, Brain and Behavior, Childhood, Children and Teens, Mental Health and Wellness, Neuropsychology and Neurology, Psychiatry, Research, Tics, Tourette Syndrome
Around 20 percent of kids will develop one or more compulsive tics in their childhood, such as excessive blinking, throat clearing, or shrugging, at some point during childhood. Yet far fewer (only around 3 percent) go on to develop a chronic tic disorder, such as...
by admin | Jul 1, 2019 | Aging, Alzheimer's, Assessment and Diagnosis, Cognition, Dementia, General, Mental Health and Wellness, Neuropsychology and Neurology, Research
An interdisciplinary research team is investigating cases of paradoxical lucidity, a phenomenon in which a person with severe dementia suddenly “wakes up” and exhibits surprisingly normal behaviors, only to pass away shortly thereafter. Writing in the journal...
by admin | Jun 28, 2019 | Aging, AI, Alzheimer's, Alzheimers Disease, Assessment and Diagnosis, Brain and Behavior, Cognition, Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Environment, General, LifeHelper, Memory, Memory and Perception, MemTrax, Mental Health and Wellness, Neuropsychology and Neurology, Professional, Psychology, Research, Technology
Alzheimer’s disease is a healthcare albatross lurking in the background to prey upon our aging population. Despite considerable attention to detection and management of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), significant gaps remain. While many traditional memory assessment tools...
by admin | Jun 12, 2019 | Assessment and Diagnosis, Brain and Behavior, Children and Teens, General, Mental Health and Wellness, Psychiatry, Psychology, Research, Suicide
A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry shows a dramatic increase in the number of Ontario teens who presented to an emergency department for teen self-harm between 2009 and 2017. For the study, a team from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern...
by admin | Jun 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Assessment and Diagnosis, Brain and Behavior, Depression, Environment, General, Mental Health and Wellness, Psychiatry, Psychology, PTSD, Research, Sleep, Trauma
Sleep problems appear to be closely linked to mental health problems among natural disaster survivors even two years after the event, according to a new study that surveyed survivors of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The findings suggest that sleep health should be a...
by admin | Jun 9, 2019 | Abuse, Aggression and Violence, Anxiety, Assessment and Diagnosis, Brain and Behavior, Depression, General, Health-related, Mental Health and Wellness, PTSD, Research, Trauma
Many individuals who are hospitalized for a serious injury due to violence are at greater risk for developing post-injury depression and/or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A new study finds that these post-injury mental health risks are even higher among...
