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Anxiety and Addiction
Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders Anxiety is a complex condition that affects millions of people all over the world. It is a broad term in itself and can look different on everybody. It is literally defined as: “a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks.” Often times, anxiety and addiction can also go hand-in-hand. Much like anxiety, panic attacks can be completely different for everybody who experiences them. You may experience all symptoms, or only some. Some symptoms of anxiety and panic attacks may include: Rapid heartbeat ...
Source: Cliffside Malibu - September 11, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Jaclyn Uloth Tags: Addiction Addiction Recovery Addiction to Pharmaceuticals Addiction Treatment and Program Resources Alcohol Alcohol Rehab Information Alcoholism Anxiety Drug Rehab Information Drug Treatment Dual Diagnosis and Eating Disorder Treatment Source Type: blogs

Parents Guide for Disciplining Kids with ADHD
Receiving our son’s diagnosis of ADHD shed light as to why standard parenting advice wasn’t really working in our home. Understanding our son’s non-neurotypical condition enabled us to be more effective parents as we researched beneficial parenting techniques for children with ADHD. For those parents who have been struggling to discipline their children with ADHD, I will go through the research we found which revolutionized our parenting practices and helped our son improve his behavior. Discipline Starts with the Parents’ Personal Discipline The behavioral foundation for any child starts in the home, and ...
Source: World of Psychology - September 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tyler Jacobson Tags: ADHD and ADD Children and Teens Parenting Students Success & Achievement Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Discipline Reinforcement Source Type: blogs

OCD and Flooding Exposure
As an advocate for OCD awareness and proper treatment, I thought I was familiar with most things related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, it was not until recently that I heard the term “flooding” in reference to OCD, and over the past couple of months I have connected with three parents of children with OCD who have dealt with this technique. For those of you who aren’t familiar with flooding as it relates to OCD, it involves the use of exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy. But instead of those with OCD creating a hierarchy and then working with their therapists to determine which exp...
Source: World of Psychology - August 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Anxiety and Panic OCD Treatment exposure response prevention therapy Flooding graduated exposure Source Type: blogs

Magnetic Stimulation Restores Bladder Control in Paralyzed Men
Patients with spinal cord injuries report that in addition to paralysis the lack of bladder control is one of the most troubling issues. At University of California Los Angeles, researchers have shown that they were able to restore significant bladder control to five men that suffered through spinal cord injuries years prior to treatment. The researchers used transcutaneous magnetic spinal cord stimulation as their technique, delivering pulses of focused magnetic fields to the site of the injuries. Similar technology was just cleared in the United States to treat obsessive compulsive disorder. The magnetic stimulation see...
Source: Medgadget - August 22, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine Neurology Rehab Source Type: blogs

Brainsway Transcranial Stimulation Cleared in U.S. for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Brainsway, Israel’s leading magnetic stimulation company, won FDA de novo clearance for its system to be used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in the United States. The company’s Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation system is used to deliver magnetic field pulses to the front of the brain, altering brain activity in the process. It is non-invasive and the therapy is delivered over a number of sessions throughout approximately ten weeks. It already has FDA clearance to treat drug resistant depression and pain related to certain migraine headaches, and European CE Mark for autism, Alzheimer’s, b...
Source: Medgadget - August 20, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

Vacationing with OCD
August is a popular time for many of us to take vacations. That’s what summer is all about, right? Many of us look forward to this summer vacation time all year. But what if you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? How does going on vacation, planning a vacation, or even thinking about a vacation, affect you and those around you? When my son Dan’s OCD was severe, he could barely move, let alone go on a vacation. But when his obsessive-compulsive disorder improved to a moderate level, he planned a trip to Canada with a friend for his winter break. He was excited about going, and from all accounts had a great ti...
Source: World of Psychology - August 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Caregivers Family OCD Personal Source Type: blogs

Improved Brain Health for All! (update on the BRAIN initiative)
adapted from Figure 3 (Koroshetz et al., 2018). Magnetic resonance angiography highlighting the vasculature in the human brain in high resolution, without the use of any contrast agent, on a 7T MRI scanner. Courtesy of Plimeni& Wald (MGH).[ed. note: here ' s a great summary onIf, how, and when fMRI goes clinical, by Dr. Peter Bandettini.]TheJournal of Neuroscience recently published a paywalled article onThe State of the NIH BRAIN Initiative.This paper reviewed the research and technology development funded by the “moonshot between our ears” [anewly coined phrase]. The program has yielded a raft ofpublications (461...
Source: The Neurocritic - August 12, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs

Omega-3 fatty acids for mood disorders
Omega-3 fatty acids are found primarily in fish oil and certain marine algae. Because depression appears less common in nations where people eat large amounts of fish, scientists have investigated whether fish oils may prevent and/or treat depression and other mood disorders. Two omega-3 fatty acids — eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) — are thought to have the most potential to benefit people with mood disorders. How might omega-3s improve depression? Different mechanisms of action have been proposed. For example, omega-3s can easily travel through the brain cell membrane and interact w...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David Mischoulon, MD, PhD Tags: Anxiety and Depression Behavioral Health Drugs and Supplements Mental Health Source Type: blogs

Americans Fighting the Opioid Crisis in Their Own Backyards
Credit: New York Times article, Jan. 19, 2016. The United States is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. The rates of opioid addiction, babies born addicted to opioids, and overdoses have skyrocketed in the past decade. No population has been hit harder than rural communities. Many of these communities are in states with historically low levels of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIGMS’ Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program builds research capacities in these states by supporting basic, clinical, and translational research, as well as faculty development and infrastructure improveme...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 1, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Chris Palmer Tags: Pharmacology Medicines Opioids Pain Source Type: blogs

OCD and Showering
When my son Dan was in the throes of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder in 2008, he would sit in his “safe chair” for eight hours at a time. He was literally “stuck.” While I didn’t realize it at the time, getting stuck, or more accurately, becoming a slave to OCD’s demands, is part of what severe OCD is all about. Never-ending compulsions take over your life as you try to achieve certainty that all is well. I’ve always found it particularly heartbreaking when OCD latches on to our most basic needs such as loving relationships, eating, and physically caring for ourselves. One of the more common compulsions ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 31, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Caregivers Children and Teens OCD Parenting Personal Source Type: blogs

Psychology Around the Net: July 28, 2018
This week’s Psychology Around the Net dives into a new online program that helps people with mental health issues better handle money, how you can know someone’s personality by their eye movements, why psychology courses are important for business owners, and more. Enjoy! Banks’ 360-Degree View of Customers Could Include Their Mental Health: Silver Cloud Health has created an online mental health program, Space from Money Worries, to help people who have financial problems related to mental health issues. The program is designed to help those with a link between finances and mental health learn how to man...
Source: World of Psychology - July 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Celebrities Depression Disorders Industrial and Workplace Military Money and Financial Personality Psychology Around the Net Research Sleep business owners celebrities and mental health celebrity gossip employees finances and m Source Type: blogs

The Effects of Sunlight on OCD Symptoms
When my son Dan was dealing with severe OCD, he would often be awake all night, pacing throughout the house. It was not unusual for me to get up in the morning and find him fast asleep on the living room floor, or wherever else he happened to finally collapse from exhaustion. Even when his symptoms began to improve, he still could not seem to fall asleep at a normal hour and would be awake until 4:00 am or so. Not surprisingly he’d then sleep half the day away. His sleep cycle was all out of whack. It turns out that this abnormal sleep pattern is not unusual in those with OCD and has warranted the attention of researche...
Source: World of Psychology - July 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Habits OCD Personal Research Sleep Circadian Rhythm Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder Sunlight Sunshine Source Type: blogs

How Can I Get Rid of Anxiety?
As an advocate for OCD awareness, I get lots of emails from people. One of the most frequent questions I receive is some form of “How can I get rid of this terrible anxiety that is ruining my life?” While I’m not a therapist, I have learned a lot in the eleven years since my son was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and one thing I know for sure is that is not the question any of us should be asking. The reason? Well, for one thing, a life without anxiety is not only an unattainable goal but an unhealthy one. Anxiety serves a purpose and a few of the ways it can benefit us include: Our bodies instinctive...
Source: World of Psychology - July 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Anxiety and Panic Self-Help Source Type: blogs

Do you have a Bagel Brain?
We can link grain consumption with causing or worsening some of the most mysterious brain disorders that have eluded the medical community for years, such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, depression, bipolar disorder, and, more recently, autism and ADHD. Are you and your kids unknowingly under the influence of opiates? Opiates come disguised in many forms. Grains contain opiates. Not figuratively, but quite literally. These opiates are not too different from morphine or heroin. Yes, wheat and grains, cleverly disguised as a multigrain loaf of bread to make sandwiches or a hot, steamy plate of macaroni and cheese for the ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 12, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates adhd bipolar disorder brain fog concentration Depression diy health Dr. Davis epilepsy grain-free headaches Inflammation mind mood swings OCD opiates schizophrenia undoctored wheat belly Wheat Belly Tot Source Type: blogs