Life After Death: A Surreal Reality
My friend Susan told me last week that another woman has unofficially just joined our club. Unofficial because Susan hasn't reached out to her yet. She's waiting for an introduction and then, we'll see.
I am the club's newest member, and there is no expectation of me doing the reach out. The thought is too unbearable, my feelings still too raw. We are a club of widows. I am one of three members, and I've only met Susan, who I now know I would be friends with even if we didn't have this Horrible Thing in common.
Joel was my husband and the love of my life. He died 15 months ago, and what seemed so surreal for the firs...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A brain system that appears to compensate for autism, OCD, and dyslexia
Individuals with five neurodevelopmental disorders -- autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, dyslexia, and Specific Language Impairment -- appear to compensate for dysfunction by relying on a single powerful and nimble system in the brain known as declarative memory. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 12, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
A brain system that appears to compensate for autism, OCD, and dyslexia
(Georgetown University Medical Center) Individuals with five neurodevelopmental disorders -- autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, dyslexia, and Specific Language Impairment -- appear to compensate for dysfunction by relying on a single powerful and nimble system in the brain known as declarative memory. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
How do Tourette's patients react to visual stimulation with their own self-image?
Tourette’s syndrome is characterized by tics caused in many by premonitory urges; sensations which give patients compulsion to act to relieve discomfort. Habit reversal therapy conditions patients into heightened awareness of premonitory urges and forced counteraction of the tic. New research examines the effect on Tourette’s sufferers when exposed to their own image for a prolonged period. Could introduction of patients’ self-image reduce tics due to heightened self-awareness and subsequent self-imposed tic control? Or might watching themselves increase inclination to tic? (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 27, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
New Treatment Guideline Focuses on Tourette Syndrome
(Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - November 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Dermatology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Dependence, News, Source Type: news
Let's Stop Using Mental Illnesses as Figures of Speech
Once every five minutes, someone somewhere says they're "sooo OCD" about sorting emails, using Purell during flu season, or wearing day-of-the-week underwear on the correct days. This statistic is made up, but it is certainly true that OCD, the acronym for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is often misappropriated as a synonym for orderly, clean or nitpicking.
Using names or acronyms of mental illnesses to hyperbolize innocuous idiosyncrasies and experiences has become pervasive in our cultural dialogue (and Twitter feeds). It is important we end this trend, not because it is my pet peeve (which it is) and not because I ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Behavioral Treatment for Tics: A Novel ApproachBehavioral Treatment for Tics: A Novel Approach
Tell your patients and families with Tourette syndrome about this effective new behavioral method for managing tics. CDC Expert Commentary (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - November 3, 2014 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Commentary Source Type: news
Electrodes in brain to treat Tourette's
A pioneering procedure might be the answer to ending the misery of Tourette's syndrome. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - October 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tourette Syndrome Management Often SimpleTourette Syndrome Management Often Simple
Most patients with tics need only a handful of clinic visits, according to a new survey. The study also suggests that for some, tics continue to improve into adulthood. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 24, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
VIDEO: Man's code card to explain Tourette's
How a Tourette's Syndrome patient from Northumberland has come up with a novel plan to explain his behaviour to other people. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brain Chemical May Help Control Tourette 'Tics'
Scientists say their finding may lead to new treatments for the disorder (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - September 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brain Chemical May Help Control Tourette 'Tics'
Scientists say their finding may lead to new treatments for the disorder
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Page: Tourette Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - September 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brain chemical potential new hope in controlling Tourette Syndrome tics
A chemical in the brain plays a vital role in controlling the involuntary movements and vocal tics associated with Tourette Syndrome, a new study has shown. The research could offer a potential new target for the development of more effective treatments to suppress these unwanted symptoms. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 25, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
How the brain gains control over Tourette syndrome
(Cell Press) Tourette syndrome is a developmental disorder characterized by involuntary, repetitive, and stereotyped movements or utterances. Now researchers have new evidence to explain how those with Tourette syndrome in childhood often manage to gain control over those tics. In individuals with the condition, a portion of the brain involved in planning and executing movements shows an unusual increase compared to the average brain in the production of a primary inhibitory neurotransmitter known as GABA. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Brain chemical potential new hope in controlling Tourette Syndrome tics
(University of Nottingham) A chemical in the brain plays a vital role in controlling the involuntary movements and vocal tics associated with Tourette Syndrome, a new study has shown. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
