What is Chronic Pain and how can you combat it? What is Chronic Pain and how can you combat it? Pain involves nerve endings in the body and nerve pathways from the brain to the body. Pain becomes chronic when it lasts for over 6 months. Our thoughts, personalities, social environment and learned behaviors can all […]
How Cognitive Behavior Therapy May Help Suicidal People How Cognitive Behavior Therapy May Help Suicidal People Excerpt from New York Times. read the full story here In Cognitive Behavior Therapy (C.B.T.), clear steps are intended to help build hope, solve problems and make a plan to avoid relapses. After a week of devastating news about suicide, there […]
How Can Birds help with Dyslexia Research? How Can Birds help with Dyslexia Research? Currently, there is a study being conducted through the University of Virginia’s Brain Institute to develop a model for dyslexia and other language disorders through birds. Specifically, the Zebra Finch. Unlike some other animals, Zebra Finches learn how to communicate through […]
ADHD Connection to Other Mental Health Conditions? ADHD Connection to Other Mental Health Conditions? It is common for children with ADHD to have difficulties in managing their emotions and organizing themselves. For example, they tend to get into a trouble at school and elsewhere because of their inability to inhibit behavior or think through their […]
How Biofeedback Can Help Treat ADHD How Biofeedback Can Help Treat ADHD What is Biofeedback? Biofeedback is a treatment that helps patients learn to control bodily processes such as muscle tension, blood pressure, or heart rate. It has been used to treat problems like high blood pressure, muscle tension and anxiety. The way a Biofeedback […]
What is Frontotemporal Dementia? What is Frontotemporal Dementia? It is important to start out by explaining that Dementia is an umbrella term to define loss of memory and other mental abilities that interfere with daily life caused by physical changes in the brain. So Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s for instance are both examples of possible causes […]
What is Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) And How Can it Help Treat ADHD? What is Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) And How Can it Help Treat ADHD? The term “dialectical” means the use of acting through opposing forces. The primary dialectic within DBT is between the seemingly opposite strategies of acceptance and change. DBT is a […]
Screen Time For Young Children Needs Moderating Screen Time For Young Children Needs Moderating Parents are facing a phenomenon they never experienced before; children having constant access to screens. Whether it is a computer screen or a phone screen or a television screen— most children from a young age have access to it. Children from […]
Diagnosis of Adult-Onset ADHD Diagnosis of Adult-Onset ADHD ADHD used to be understood as an illness exclusively experienced in childhood. However, Adult-Onset ADHD is raising questions about the brain disorder. New data suggests that some people experience ADHD in adulthood without having been diagnosed with ADHD in childhood. Theories suggest that there may exist two […]
What is CTE? What is CTE? Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repeated brain trauma. The constant brain trauma triggers progressive degeneration of the brain tissue, including the build-up of an abnormal protein called tau. These changes in the brain can begin […]
