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Mental Health Awareness: ADHD in Children Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC took action to support the use of behavior therapy over the use of medication to treat young children who are diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder also known as ADHD see details here . ADHD is a neurobiological disorder characterized by developmentally inappropriate impulsivity, inattention, and in some cases, hyperact ... Psychology Today - Thu. May 19
My Experience of Psychosis The diametric model of mental illness spans the whole range of mentalism from autistic hypo-mentalism to psychotic hyper-mentalism, with normality in between. And although the model implies that everyone has a mental configuration somewhere on that continuum, few get to sample completely different positions on it in one lifetime. Nevertheless, radical cancer surgery last summer gave me the opportu ... Psychology Today - Thu. May 19
The Evolutionary Psychology of Humility You may be somebody s landlord ... You may even own banks but you re still going to have to serve somebody Dylan 1979 . Psychology Today - Thu. May 19
The effects of laxatives may provide new clues concerning Parkinson's Disease In a recent retrospective analysis, investigators discovered that the year-on-year increase in rigidity found in Parkinson s disease flattened off with the regular use of laxatives to manage constipation. The findings lend support to the team s previous research indicating that changes in the gut -- and perhaps a disturbed balance in the microbes that reside there -- may affect aspects of Parkinso ... EurekAlert - Thu. May 19
Hormone may offer new approach to type 2 diabetes Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU and Oxford University have found a hormone that may offer an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes. The incidence of diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, has skyrocketed over the last few decades, according to a report from the World Health Organization. The report says that there were 108 million adults with diabetes in 198 ... EurekAlert - Thu. May 19
Heart failure patients with predominant central sleep apnea at higher risk for... ATS 2016, SAN FRANCISCO -- Chronic heart failure CHF patients with predominant central sleep apnea CSA are at higher risk for death and unplanned hospitalization than those who have both CSA and obstructive sleep apnea OSA , whether or not they receive adaptive servo-ventilation ASV therapy. These interim results from the ongoing FACE Multicentre National Cohort Study, a French prospective observa ... EurekAlert - Thu. May 19
Sleep disorders common in athletes -- but easily fixable Professional athletes suffer from sleep disorders more frequently than generally thought, however, systematic examination, counselling and individual treatment planning can improve the quality of their sleep. Published in the Journal of Sports Sciences , a new Finnish study clearly shows for the first time that systematic measures can improve the sleep of professional athletes. The study carried o ... EurekAlert - Thu. May 19
What can help dropouts? DURHAM, N.C. -- Certain life experiences can worsen the negative effects of dropping out of school, but interventions and treatments can improve the odds for dropouts, a new study finds. The study, available online today in the June edition of Journal of Adolescent Health , followed 585 children from age 5 to age 27. It looked at what factors elevated children s risk of dropping out, how high scho ... EurekAlert - Thu. May 19
Excessive drinkers, high income households pay majority of state alcohol tax i... BOSTON -- People who drink too much and those with higher household incomes would pay more following an increase in state alcohol taxes than those who drink less and have lower household incomes, according to a new study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center BMC and published today in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease , a publication of the CDC. Across all states, excessive drinkers wou ... EurekAlert - Thu. May 19
Study finds alcohol interventions unsuccessful for fraternity and sorority mem... PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A new study from The Miriam Hospital and The Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies found that interventions targeting fraternity or sorority members at colleges around the country were unsuccessful in reducing alcohol consumption and related problems. The study recommends that more robust interventions be created for use with student members of Greek letter o ... EurekAlert - Thu. May 19
Your gender-stereotypic genes may be giving you a leg up in dating Your success at speed-dating might be influenced by your genetic make-up and your potential partner s ability to detect so-called good genes, or genetic fitness. This is according to a study in Springer s journal Human Nature by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, in the US. The research team found that participants who were more likely to be asked on a second date had genotypes c ... EurekAlert - Thu. May 19
Cancer patients with depression less likely to recover well after treatment New research shows colorectal cancer patients who have depression when they are diagnosed are significantly less likely to make a good recovery following surgery than patients without depression. The researchers say the groundbreaking study shows the important role mental health plays in cancer recovery and the need to cater for each patient s individual needs before, during, and long after their ... Medical News Today - Wed. May 18

Mental Health Awareness: ADHD in Children

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC took action to support the use of behavior therapy over the use of medication to treat young children who are diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder also known as ADHD see details here . ADHD is a neurobiological disorder characterized by developmentally inappropriate impulsivity, inattention, and in some cases, hyperact ...

Psychology Today - Thu. May 19

My Experience of Psychosis

The diametric model of mental illness spans the whole range of mentalism from autistic hypo-mentalism to psychotic hyper-mentalism, with normality in between. And although the model implies that everyone has a mental configuration somewhere on that continuum, few get to sample completely different positions on it in one lifetime. Nevertheless, radical cancer surgery last summer gave me the opportu ...

Psychology Today - Thu. May 19

The Evolutionary Psychology of Humility

You may be somebody s landlord ... You may even own banks but you re still going to have to serve somebody Dylan 1979 .

Psychology Today - Thu. May 19

The effects of laxatives may provide new clues concerning Parkinson's Disease

In a recent retrospective analysis, investigators discovered that the year-on-year increase in rigidity found in Parkinson s disease flattened off with the regular use of laxatives to manage constipation. The findings lend support to the team s previous research indicating that changes in the gut -- and perhaps a disturbed balance in the microbes that reside there -- may affect aspects of Parkinso ...

EurekAlert - Thu. May 19

Hormone may offer new approach to type 2 diabetes

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU and Oxford University have found a hormone that may offer an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes. The incidence of diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, has skyrocketed over the last few decades, according to a report from the World Health Organization. The report says that there were 108 million adults with diabetes in 198 ...

EurekAlert - Thu. May 19

Heart failure patients with predominant central sleep apnea at higher risk for...

ATS 2016, SAN FRANCISCO -- Chronic heart failure CHF patients with predominant central sleep apnea CSA are at higher risk for death and unplanned hospitalization than those who have both CSA and obstructive sleep apnea OSA , whether or not they receive adaptive servo-ventilation ASV therapy. These interim results from the ongoing FACE Multicentre National Cohort Study, a French prospective observa ...

EurekAlert - Thu. May 19

Sleep disorders common in athletes -- but easily fixable

Professional athletes suffer from sleep disorders more frequently than generally thought, however, systematic examination, counselling and individual treatment planning can improve the quality of their sleep. Published in the Journal of Sports Sciences , a new Finnish study clearly shows for the first time that systematic measures can improve the sleep of professional athletes. The study carried o ...

EurekAlert - Thu. May 19

What can help dropouts?

DURHAM, N.C. -- Certain life experiences can worsen the negative effects of dropping out of school, but interventions and treatments can improve the odds for dropouts, a new study finds. The study, available online today in the June edition of Journal of Adolescent Health , followed 585 children from age 5 to age 27. It looked at what factors elevated children s risk of dropping out, how high scho ...

EurekAlert - Thu. May 19

Excessive drinkers, high income households pay majority of state alcohol tax i...

BOSTON -- People who drink too much and those with higher household incomes would pay more following an increase in state alcohol taxes than those who drink less and have lower household incomes, according to a new study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center BMC and published today in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease , a publication of the CDC. Across all states, excessive drinkers wou ...

EurekAlert - Thu. May 19

Study finds alcohol interventions unsuccessful for fraternity and sorority mem...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A new study from The Miriam Hospital and The Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies found that interventions targeting fraternity or sorority members at colleges around the country were unsuccessful in reducing alcohol consumption and related problems. The study recommends that more robust interventions be created for use with student members of Greek letter o ...

EurekAlert - Thu. May 19

Your gender-stereotypic genes may be giving you a leg up in dating

Your success at speed-dating might be influenced by your genetic make-up and your potential partner s ability to detect so-called good genes, or genetic fitness. This is according to a study in Springer s journal Human Nature by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, in the US. The research team found that participants who were more likely to be asked on a second date had genotypes c ...

EurekAlert - Thu. May 19

Cancer patients with depression less likely to recover well after treatment

New research shows colorectal cancer patients who have depression when they are diagnosed are significantly less likely to make a good recovery following surgery than patients without depression. The researchers say the groundbreaking study shows the important role mental health plays in cancer recovery and the need to cater for each patient s individual needs before, during, and long after their ...

Medical News Today - Wed. May 18