2 Exercises That Improve ADHD (M)
ADHD is a developmental problem characterised by excessive activity, impulsive behaviour and inattention. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - May 28, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: ADHD subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
On building better brains at any age, treating Depression vs. Dementia, emerging neurotechnologies, psychedelics, and more
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring eleven new research findings and innovative resources for lifelong cognitive and brain health.
#1. Debate: Are depression and dementia two sides of the same coin? And, if they are, how to best approach treatment?
#2. Either way, the earlier the better, but it’s never too late: New book outlines the five lifestyle pillars to “build a better brain at any age”
#3. “If I were a cardiologist evaluating a patient’s chest pain, for instance, I would speak with the patient, but then I would listen to their heart and measure their pulse and blood pr...
Source: SharpBrains - May 28, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning Technology & Innovation brain health cognitive cognitive healthcare cognitive--disorders cognitive-health Cumulus Neuroscience dementia depression neurotechnologies psychedelics Source Type: blogs
#Healthin2Point00, Episode 211 | Noom, Akili, Unmind, Eleanor Health & Clearing
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess gives us a little tour of Chicago before we dive into some deals. Noom raises $540 million, bringing their total to $657 million with a $4 billion valuation. What are they going to do now with all this money? Digital therapeutics company Akili raises $160 million – maybe this will bring them out of ADHD. Unmind, a mental health company out of the UK, raises $47 million, Eleanor Health raises $20 million for their addiction-focused mental health clinic, and finally Clearing raises $20 million in a Series A tackling chronic pain. —Matthew Holt (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health in 2 Point 00 Health Tech Health Technology Jessica DaMassa Matthew Holt Source Type: blogs
Akili Interactive Labs raises $160M in equity and debt to transform cognitive healthcare via prescription videogame treatments
Akili raises $110m to build its digital therapeutics pipeline (pharmaforum):
EndeavorRx became the first and so far only approved prescription video game treatment in the US when it was cleared by the FDA last year to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and has also been given a green light in Europe.
It is also being tested for other indications including fuzzy thinking in COVID-19 survivors, a condition sometimes known as ‘brain fog’.
The new funding, which is accompanied by a $50 million loan facility, is earmarked for the continued rollout of the app as well as Akili’s pipeline of prescription ...
Source: SharpBrains - May 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Attention & ADD/ADHD Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation Akili Akili Interactive Labs attention deficit hyperactivity disorder cognitive healthcare cognitive--disorders digital therapeutics EndeavorRx FDA Neuberger Berma Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbot Wysa raises $5.5M to broaden access to mental health support
Conclusions: Although bonds are often presumed to be the exclusive domain of human therapeutic relationships, our findings challenge the notion that digital therapeutics are incapable of establishing a therapeutic bond with users. Future research might investigate the role of bonds as mediators of clinical outcomes, since boosting the engagement and efficacy of digital therapeutics could have major public health benefits.
News in Context:
Consumer Reports finds unclear, questionable privacy practices and policies among popular mental health apps
Teladoc Health, having acquired Livongo and myStrength, launches integrated ...
Source: SharpBrains - May 24, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation cognitive restructuring cognitive-behavioral-therapy digital therapeutics mental health benefits mental health platform mental healthcare mindfulness W Health Ventures Wysa Source Type: blogs
Normal Toddler Behavior vs ADHD
An official diagnosis of ADHD can be hard to pinpoint as its symptoms can often be indicative of other conditions, but it is especially hard to diagnose in children under the age of four, as most children naturally experience about a year of extreme energy that generally encompasses their third birthday. This realization may be, in turn, both comforting and exhausting as parents learn that their toddler is likely just exhibiting the rampant energy normal for their age group.
What is ADHD?
Children with an official diagnosis of ADHD consistently present symptoms of inattentiveness, over-activity, impulsivity, or some combin...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - May 18, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog ADHD Toddler ADHD Source Type: blogs
On centenarians, memory, Mars, tDCS, ADHD, digital health, beautiful brains, and more
Hendrikje van Andel Schipper (1890–2005)
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring ten timely resources and research findings for lifelong brain and mental fitness.
#1. Let’s start with a fascinating story and study 🙂
Study with 330 centenarians finds that cognitive decline is not inevitable … (Henne Holstege, PhD, assistant professor at Amsterdam University Medical Center) said her interest in researching aging and cognitive health was inspired by the “fascinating” story of Hendrikje van Andel Schipper, who died at age 115 in 2005 “completely cognitively healthy.”
#2. Neuro...
Source: SharpBrains - April 30, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Attention & ADD/ADHD Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning Technology & Innovation ADHD-Treatment aging Alzheimer’s astronauts beautiful brains brain health centenarians cognitive decline cognitive-function cogniti Source Type: blogs
Students With ADHD Aren ’t Always Given The Support They Need To Thrive At University
By Emily Reynolds
Doing well in educational settings can have huge advantages — better job prospects, higher wages, greater life satisfaction and more. Achievement at university isn’t always to do with how hard you work or how intelligent you are, however — first generation university students are more at risk of impostor syndrome, for example, reducing their engagement in class, their attendance, and their overall performance.
And for those with extra needs, university can offer all kinds of extra challenges, as a new study in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology makes clear. It finds tha...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 27, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: ADHD Educational Source Type: blogs
Hoarders and Collectors
Andy Warhol ' scollection ofdental models Pop artist Andy Warhol excelled in turning the everyday and the mundane into art. During the last 13 years of his life, Warhol putthousands of collected objects into 610 cardboard boxes. TheseTime Capsules were never sold as art, but they were meticulously cataloged by museum archivists and displayed in a major exhibition at the Andy Warhol Museum. “Warhol was a packrat. But that desire to collect helped inform his artistic point of view. ” Yet Warhol was aware of his compulsion, and itdisturbed him: “I ' m so sick of the way I live, of all this junk, and always dragging...
Source: The Neurocritic - April 25, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
Talking Dogs And Ending Conversations: The Week ’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
A recent study has found that about two-thirds of conversations don’t end when we want them to. Researchers who monitored over 900 conversations found that most people wanted them to finish sooner, though a minority wanted them to continue for longer. This was true whether participants were talking to someone they had just met or a loved one, Adam Mastroianni tells Sean Illing at Vox.
How is lockdown affecting the way people grieve? Dean Burnett looks at the science, and his own personal experience, at New Scientist.
Yet mo...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - April 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Weekly links Source Type: blogs
Emerging applications of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): e ‑sports skills training, cognitive enhancement in older adults
Conclusion: TDCS increased the efficacy of cognitive training, but only in participants with initially low general cognitive performance.
Research in Context:
Neuromodulation developer Halo Neuroscience closes its doors; Flow Neuroscience acquires assets
Important insights on the growing home use of tDCS brain stimulation: older-than-expected users, positive self-reported results for treatment of depression but negative for self-enhancement, and a couple areas of concern (severe burns, frequency)
Pros and Cons of latest wearable tech trend: Mood-altering electrical brain stimulation
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How to address privacy, ethical ...
Source: SharpBrains - April 16, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Peak Performance Technology & Innovation cognitive-enhancement cognitive-performance Cognitive-Training e-sports electrical stimulation Gaming Halo Neuroscience healthy older adults Lero tDCS Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation Source Type: blogs
Does ADHD treatment enable long-term academic success? (Yes, especially when pharmacological and non-pharma treatments are combined)
Academic difficulties are one of the most important adverse consequences of ADHD, and they frequently contribute to parents’ decision to seek treatment for their child. Whether treatment consistently yields a positive impact on long-term academic success is thus an important issue; however, the answer to this question has been somewhat controversial.
A study published recently in the Journal of Attention Disorders, Long-term outcomes of ADHD: Academic achievement and academic performance, represents the most comprehensive effort to date to identify and synthesize research related to this important question.
The Study:
Th...
Source: SharpBrains - April 14, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. David Rabiner Tags: Attention & ADD/ADHD Brain/ Mental Health academic difficulties AD/HD-treatments long-term academic success non-pharmacological Source Type: blogs
Digital Therapeutics, Megan & Me!
Anyone who follows me knows that I’ve been questioning whether digital therapeutics are real and more importantly whether the people building and trying to sell them are simply trying to replicate the American drug pricing model–patent, protect, prescribe & price gouge. So who better to have this conversation with than the person in charge of explaining and selling the notion of digital therapeutics to the world? Megan Coder is Executive Director of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance. She graciously and bravely agreed to talk to me. Who won the argument? You’ll have to watch to decide, but I found our ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Matthew Holt digital therapeutics dtx Megan Coder Source Type: blogs
Beyond CBD: Here come the other cannabinoids, but where ’s the evidence?
In the span of a few years, the component of cannabis called CBD (cannabidiol) went from being a relatively obscure molecule to a healthcare fad that has swept the world, spawning billions in sales, millions of users, CBD workout clothing, pillowcases, hamburgers, ice cream — you name it. The concerns of such a rapid adoption are that enthusiasm might be soaring high above the actual science, and that there are safety issues, such as drug interactions, that are given short shrift in the enthusiasm to treat chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, and many of the other conditions that CBD is believed to help alleviate.
Cannabis, ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Grinspoon, MD Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Drugs and Supplements Fatigue Marijuana Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Tip for digital health start-ups: To navigate regulatory gray areas, “engage early and engage often” with the FDA
FDA’s enforcement discretion for digital health is more ambiguous than ever in 2021 (MobiHealthNews):
The digital health ecosystem has swelled to encompass a broad range of products over the years.
On one end of the spectrum is software-as-medical-devices (SaMD) and prescription digital therapeutics, product categories for which a comprehensive regulatory strategy and engagement with the FDA are mandatory. On the other are wellness apps and other low-risk digital tools that likely spend more time worrying about oversight from the Federal Trade Commission than the health regulator.
However, a growing number of companies a...
Source: SharpBrains - March 22, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation 510(k) clearance artificial intelligence digital health enforcement discretion FDA Federal Trade Commission SaMD software-as-medical-devices wellness apps Source Type: blogs
