Children, teens, and the safety of psychotropic medicines
Medicines prescribed for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders — known as psychotropic drugs — have largely been studied in adults. This concerns many parents whose children take these drugs regularly. Studies have most often looked at the effectiveness of these medicines in teens and children. Now a recent systematic review of multiple studies done in children and adolescents offers new guidance on safety for commonly used medicines.
What did the study look at?
The aim of this study was to comprehensively synthesize current evidence on the safety of four major c...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hyun Jung Kim, MD Tags: Adolescent health Anxiety and Depression Behavioral Health Children's Health Mental Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
4 Examples Of Merging Gaming & Digital Health
Pausing to check his map, Sam confirms that he is on the right track for his next delivery, only 2 kilometres left. He takes the opportunity to quench his thirst and check if his delivery load is securely attached to his back; some contain fragile vials of medicines and digital pills susceptible to damage if handled inappropriately. After making sure of the integrity of those packages, Sam takes a final look at his surroundings. “It’s quite peaceful with nobody around,” he thinks to himself and resumes his path.
Upon arrival at his destination, his gear is disinfected before he has access to the inte...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Artificial Intelligence Augmented Reality Digital Health Research Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality fda gamification Fitbit covid19 Apple Watch WHO gaming roche MySugr Foldit A Source Type: blogs
Special Needs CrossFit
It ' s been two years since #1 started working with a personal trainer I knew from her CrossFit coaching, maybe one year since he started going to my regular CrossFit classes.#1 is 23 now. He can read at about a third grade level, most of his writing is text messaging to Emily or I. He ' s impulsive, but has generally done well with listening to coaches and workplace supervisors. Putting it all together I thought CrossFit was a bridge too far. Trying it was his idea, not mine.I was wrong about that. He can now do up to 2/3 of a workout with some minor guidance. Sometimes he does less, but over time he ' s getting better. H...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - August 2, 2020 Category: Disability Tags: ADHD adult athletics cognitive impairment exercise Explosive Child sport therapy Twin Cities Source Type: blogs
5 Ways to Manage Your ADHD When You Work from Home
Can’t focus? Here’s how to cope with ADHD when you’re stuck at home.
Living with ADHD can be a daily struggle. Put social distancing, working from home, and staying inside much of the time in the mix, and you probably feel like most or all of your systems, strategies, and self-care practices have been ripped away.
You may feel like there’s no real certainty of when you will be able to reincorporate these necessities back in your life.
Well, as a therapist who is also living with ADHD, I feel your pain.
There are some tips that might make life easier as you move through this time of uncertainty.
I h...
Source: World of Psychology - July 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: ADHD and ADD Disorders Publishers YourTango anxiety focusing problems Productivity quarantine work from home Source Type: blogs
In Memory of Dr. Elena D íaz de Guereñu
I’ve been blogging aboutADHD&Depression since 2005. In that time I have met many wonderful people. One of them was Elena D íaz de Guereñu. Elena would translate my blogs into Spanish for herTDAH (ADHD) readers. I was always grateful for her efforts.I haven’t heard from her in a while, and now that I’ve visited her blog again (Dra ELENA D ÍAZ DE GUEREÑU – Diagnóstico y tratamiento del TDAH), I know why. She stopped blogging due to health reasons over a year ago. And now she’s gone. However, judging by the dozens of tearful comments left on her facebook page, she left behind a legacy of gra...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - July 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs
In Memory of Dr. Elena D íaz de Guereñu
I’ve been blogging aboutADHD&Depression since 2005. In that time I have met many wonderful people. One of them was Elena D íaz de Guereñu. Elena would translate my blogs into Spanish for herTDAH (ADHD) readers. I was always grateful for her efforts.I haven’t heard from her in a while, and now that I’ve visited her blog again (Dra ELENA D ÍAZ DE GUEREÑU – Diagnóstico y tratamiento del TDAH), I know why. She stopped blogging due to health reasons over a year ago. And now she’s gone, which feels off to me. The magical aspect of online relationships is that people live forever in our minds. S...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - July 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs
I'm Not Dead Yet
I’ve been rethinking the purpose of my blog lately. Haven’t I written enough onADHD&Depression? I don’t write exclusively about either subject, which turns some readers off, so I’ve never had the meteoric rise of some bloggers who target one or the other subject (although with ADHD bloggers& YouTubers, they usually blaze through the sky then disappear after awhile). Writing about comorbid conditions isn’t sexy, though I think I look pretty good in my newest jeans. Seriously, though, it’s hard to compete with Facebook. Remember when RSS, not Facebook, made the blogosphere go round...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - July 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Family Goodreads Journaling Writing Source Type: blogs
I'm Not Dead Yet
I’ve been rethinking the purpose of my blog lately. Haven’t I written enough onADHD&Depression? I don’t write exclusively about either subject, which turns some readers off, so I’ve never had the meteoric rise of some bloggers who target one or the other subject (although with ADHD bloggers& YouTubers, they usually blaze through the sky then disappear after awhile). Writing about comorbid conditions isn’t sexy, though I think I look pretty good in my newest jeans. Seriously, though, it’s hard to compete with Facebook. Remember when RSS, not Facebook, made the blogosphere go round...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - July 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Family Goodreads Journaling Writing Source Type: blogs
Inside Schizophrenia: Impact of Schizophrenia in Minority Communities
Rates of psychosis are more strongly influenced by ethnicity and socioeconomic status than any other mental health condition. In this episode of Inside Schizophrenia host Rachel Star Withers, a diagnosed schizophrenic, and co-host Gabe Howard discuss the impact of schizophrenia in minority communities. Guest Sakinah “The Muslim Hippie” joins to share her experiences in mental health care.
Highlights of “Impact of Schizophrenia in Minority Communities
[01:00] The realization
[02:08] Sociology definition of the word minority
[04:30] The stats of mental health and minorities
[09:00] Diagnosing differences
[12:00] ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Star Withers Tags: Inside Schizophrenia Mental Health and Wellness Podcast Psychiatry Psychology Racism Stigma brain Mental Disorder Mental Illness Minorities Minority Populations Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Debating ‘ Anti-Psychiatry ’ Advocacy
Conclusion, do not visit cardiologists. They will give you heart attacks. No, that’s ridiculous. It’s so mind blowing that anyone even said this, right? It’s just ugh. Obviously, people who are extremely sick and who are at risk of killing themselves get psychiatric care. No kidding. So, yeah, this is, in fact, very dangerous.
Gabe: The word bullshit is not big enough. This is the literal equivalent of me saying that I looked at fifty thousand people who went to the hospital in the last year. And you were much more likely to die if you had a hospital admission. Now, I’m talking physical health now. ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 14, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Not Crazy Podcast Psychiatry Treatment Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: July 4, 2020
Happy 4th of July!
Here in America, not only does July usher in the birthday celebrations of these United States, but since 2008 July has also been the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, or Minority Mental Health Month, or even BIPOC Mental Health Month (Mental Health America has decided to phase out the word “minority” and instead refer to Blacks, Indigenous People, and People of Color).
Regardless of how the name evolves, its original namesake — Bebe Moore Campbell — was a teacher, author, journalist, and mental health advocate who worked hard to bring awareness...
Source: World of Psychology - July 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Adhd Bebe Moore Campbell infant sleep issues Law Enforcement Minority Mental Health Awareness Month pandemic police Procrastination productivity hack young adults moving home Source Type: blogs
Update: Repetitive negative thinking may increase (or perhaps be caused by) Alzheimer ’s pathology
Time for a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring this month 13 research findings, resources and brain teasers for lifelong brain and mental health.
#1. “We found that people who exhibited higher repetitive negative thinking patterns experienced more cognitive decline over a four-year period. They also had specific declines in memory (which is an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease), and had more amyloid and tau deposits in their brain … There’s increasing evidence that chronic stress is both harmful to your body – and your brain. But more research is needed to understand this link.” Repetit...
Source: SharpBrains - June 25, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Technology Alzheimer’s Disease biofeedback brain health Brain Teasers DSM FDA mental health neurotechnology noninvasive neurotechnologies noninvasive ne Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: June 20, 2020
This week’s Psychology Around the Net takes a look at how judgemental some of us have been during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study regarding how we lower our standards during decision-making processes, what we can do to help young adults avoid falling off the “cliff” of mental health care, and more.
Stay well, friends!
Why You Don’t Get Out of Your Office Chair: Toward a New Psychology of Sitting Behavior: We know that sitting too often and for too long can lead to both mental and physical health problems; still, we don’t know a whole lot about the psychological side of sitting. Research...
Source: World of Psychology - June 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net coronavirus COVID-19 habits judgemental Online Dating pandemic quarantine Relationships Teens Young Adults Source Type: blogs
How to Responsibly Consider Committing to Psychiatric Medication
Watching TV throughout the week, you can be inundated by pharmacological commercials. One for a recently identified condition, Tardive Dyskinesia, may pique your attention. What is TD? Shaking and tremors that are the result of decades long use of antipsychotic medications. Such medications prescribed since the 1960s can cause TD, a condition potentially treatable by taking a supplemental medication.
Few, if any, longitudinal studies of the adverse effects of these drugs exist. It is only recently that we have begun to record the unforeseen effects of continued use of many psychiatric medications — from tremors t...
Source: World of Psychology - June 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Colleen Donnelly Tags: Antipsychotic Medications Antipsychotics Pharmaceutical Advertising psychopharmaceuticals tardive dyskinesia Source Type: blogs
Beware Websites & Apps Pushing Fake Screening Quiz Results
As the internet grows and people find new ways to make money online, more anonymous websites are being published by companies who have little background or interest in mental health. And sadly, thousands of people flock to these sites every day, unaware that they may be taking a fake mental health test on depression or ADHD.
Google and other search engines are supposed to be able to determine the quality of health websites, supposedly emphasizing and promoting those with good E-A-T — expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness. That’s what they claim.
So it’s a bit of head-scratcher when looking up...
Source: World of Psychology - June 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Technology Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Depression depression screening Source Type: blogs
