We All Have ADD Sometimes. It ’s Not A Thing. Explain Adult ADHD
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. A campaign to reduce the ignorance, misinformation, and stigma against adults with ADHD.
We All Have ADD Sometimes. Itâ€s Not A Thing.
“I was up late last night not sleeping. Thinking about how to to describe ADHD to someone who doesnâ€t understand it or doubts it. The Stigma that comes with it.
How do I respond to the all too often minimizing statement? “ We all are ADD. I have that too. What you experience is normal for everyoneâ€
Ok then: take a bad day. Youâ€re off day.
You misplaced your keys, glasses, phone and you are panicking, running around and turning t...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - October 14, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring this time six scientific reports and industry resources plus a fun illusion.
#1. Top 10 Mental Health Innovations to Watch: Special SciAm/ WEF report
Hoping you enjoy the great series over at Scientific American and especially #7, titled Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone, by Emory neuroethicist Karen Rommelfanger and our very own Álvaro Fernández Ibáñez.
#2. Five thoughts to think about when thinking about the speed of thought
The time it takes for all thoughts to occur is ultimately shaped by the characteristics of the neurons...
Source: SharpBrains - September 30, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation adhd Aduhelm brain-teaser cognitive cognitive complaints dementia emotion regulation lifelong mental health lifelong-brain-health myelination Neurons neuroscience lab quick brain tea Source Type: blogs
Finding the Beauty in Chaos
A new beginning that looks an awful lot like the old one.When I set out to explore fractal art, I face a confusing array of controls& parameters. It has taken me years to develop the eye to select the best cropping, the most flattering palette, and the most interesting settings, then present them in a pleasing manner. Without this discipline, the fractal is an utter mess with no focus. By making a few poorly chosen decisions, the same mathematical location and the same color palette can appear completely different —and far less appealing.Of course, anybody with the time and desire to learn the software can produce pl...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 19, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Family Goodreads Journaling Visualizing Writing Source Type: blogs
Study finds ADHD is associated with dementia
We examined the extent to which attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a neurodevelopmental disorder, is linked with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and any dementia, neurodegenerative diseases, across generations…
Results: Among relatives of 2,132,929 index persons, 3042 parents, 171,732 grandparents, and 1369 uncles/aunts had a diagnosis of AD. Parents of individuals with ADHD had an increased risk of AD (hazard ratio 1.55, 95% confidence interval 1.26–1.89). The associations attenuated but remained elevated in grandparents and uncles/aunts. The association for early-onset AD was stronger than late-onset AD. Sim...
Source: SharpBrains - September 16, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Attention & ADD/ADHD Brain/ Mental Health Alzheimers-disease attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder cognitive cognitive decline cognitive-abilities dementia neurodegenerative-diseases Neurodevelopmental Source Type: blogs
2 Ways To Treat ADHD In 10 Minutes (M)
ADHD, which stands for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, is characterised by excessive activity, impulsive behaviour and inattention. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - August 18, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: ADHD subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Protein and Brain Health: What to Know
In this study of over five hundred seniors, those who consumed 120 grams of protein daily had lower levels of amyloid-beta than those whose daily intake was only fifty-four grams.
But that’s not all. Another study of 920 seniors showed that those who follow a high-protein diet, along with plenty of leafy greens and healthy fats, also had a decreased risk of dementia and improved cognitive function.
Unfortunately, it’s not entirely clear how protein influences the level of amyloid-beta in the brain. Some believe it’s the effects of a high-protein diet for lowering blood pressure and improving heart health. In ge...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicole McCray Tags: diet featured health and fitness self-improvement brain health protein Source Type: blogs
How Much Do Federal Liberals, NDP, Conservatives And Greens Care About ADHD?
There will likely be a Canadian federal election called tomorrow.
I’m a political science major whose hobby is politics. I had to get a separate politics twitter account @pqpolitics because I was putting so much politics on my ADHD twitter account @petequily.
So being the curious type, I did site search in Google for ADHD on each of the websites of Canada’s 4 main federal parties, Liberals, NDP, Conservatives and Greens to see how often they mentioned the word ADHD in their websites.
Anyone can do #PretendingToCare about Mental Health, but what matters is policy.
What are their actual policies on the biggest ment...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - August 15, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Politics ADHD related Source Type: blogs
Let The Children Play: Research On The Importance Of Play, Digested
By Emma Young
As children head back to school, teachers and parents will of course be concerned about kids catching up on their education after the Covid-19 lockdowns. But, as many psychologists have pointed out, they need to catch up on play, too. So what does the research tell us about the need for and the importance of play?
First: why do kids need to play?
Well, of course, it’s fun — and as we all know, having fun is critical for kids’ psychological wellbeing. But there are also all kinds of documented developmental benefits. For example, play helps children learn how to interact successfully with o...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - August 13, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Coronavirus Developmental Educational Feature Source Type: blogs
Update: Promote brain plasticity by taking your daily exercise pill — physical and cognitive
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Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring nine scientific reports and industry developments to help promote lifelong brain health.
#1. A must-read, and must-practice: Promote brain plasticity and keep your mind at ease by taking your daily “exercise pill”
#2. If cognitive stimulation came in a pill it’d be worth a quadrillion, give or take a few trillions: Study finds that cognitive activity in old age may delay the onset of dementia by 5 years
#3. “A young child with low cognitive control is also more likely to develop anxiety later on in childhood, while one ...
Source: SharpBrains - July 30, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter Technology & Innovation Brain Teasers Brain-games Brain-Plasticity cognitive-control cognitive-stimulation EEG eMindful mindfulness apps neuroscienc Source Type: blogs
Study shows promising results of EEG-based brain training in helping adults with ADHD
Conclusions: A single-session of alpha down-regulation NFB was able to reverse the abnormal neurocognitive signatures of adult ADHD during a Go/NoGo task.
Significance: The study demonstrates for the first time the beneficial neurobehavioral effect of a single NFB session in adult ADHD, and reinforces the notion that ERPs could serve as useful diagnostic/prognostic markers of executive dysfunction.
The Study in Context:
Meta-analysis finds sustained benefits of neurofeedback for kids with ADHD
What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them?
Study shows why children with ADHD should be reevaluated each year: Atte...
Source: SharpBrains - July 8, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Attention & ADD/ADHD Brain/ Mental Health Peak Performance Technology & Innovation adulthood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder brain training brain training for adhd clinical clinical neurophysiology EEG electroencephalogram Source Type: blogs
The Drug That Treats ADHD In Adults (M)
It is the first study to show that the stimulant is effective in adults as well as children with ADHD. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - July 6, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: ADHD subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Systematic review calls for early targeted interventions to help babies and toddlers with cerebral palsy harness time window with maximum brain plasticity
Early targeted intervention ‘critical’ for improving outcomes in cerebral palsy (Healio):
Early intervention for children with or at high risk for cerebral palsy should begin “as soon as possible” in order to build on “a critical developmental time,” according to results of a systematic review published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Researchers conducted the review to develop clinical guidelines for early intervention among children at high risk for cerebral palsy (CP) and their families … the researchers searched six databases for “the best available evidence” regarding early interventions tailored for CP across n...
Source: SharpBrains - July 2, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning Attention-Deficit autism spectrum disorder Brain-Plasticity Cerebral palsy cognitive-skills disabilities early intervention intellectual disability language impairment Neurodevelopm Source Type: blogs
The explosion of mental health apps raises substantial opportunities –and tough questions
In the eyes of the tech industry, mental health treatment is an area ripe for disruption.
In any given year, 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience a form of mental illness, according to federal estimates. And research indicates only about half of them receive treatment in a system that is understaffed and ill distributed to meet demand.
For tech startups looking to cash in on unmet need, that translates into more than 50 million potential customers.
Venture capital firms invested more than $2.4 billion in digital behavioral health apps in 2020 — more than twice the amount invested in 2019 — touting support or treatment ...
Source: SharpBrains - June 28, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Kaiser Health News Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation anxiety BetterHelp brain-illness Brightside cerebral depression digital behavioral health FDA Food and Drug Administration Ginger health apps mental illness mental-health-treatment Source Type: blogs
Please Don ’t Count Me Out. Explain Adult ADHD
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. A campaign to reduce the ignorance, misinformation, and stigma against adults with ADHD.
Please Don’t Count Me Out.
“In nature there is good, bad, defective, and different.
The brains of people with ADD and ADHD fall into the category of different.
Actually we fit into all of those categories in different ways and under different circumstances.
Having ADHD is good in situations that require determination, thinking outside the box, empathy, sensitivity, understanding, and acceptance.
ADHD is bad when leadership, management, organization, memorization, interpretation, decisi...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - May 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
Please Don ’t Count Me Out. Explain Adult ADHD
Part of #ExplainAdultADHD. A campaign to reduce the ignorance, misinformation, and stigma against adults with ADHD.
Please Donâ€t Count Me Out.
“In nature there is good, bad, defective, and different.Â
The brains of people with ADD and ADHD fall into the category of different.Â
Actually we fit into all of those categories in different ways and under different circumstances.
Having ADHD is good in situations that require determination, thinking outside the box, empathy, sensitivity, understanding, and acceptance.Â
ADHD is bad when leadership, management, organization, memorization, interpreta...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - May 29, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
