Psychology & Psychiatry
What you should know if you're anxious about post-pandemic routines
A little nervous about getting back into your pre-pandemic routine? You're not alone.
Apr 28, 2021
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Autism spectrum disorders
Communication challenges can offer clues that signal whether a child may have autism
Typically, babies babble and toddlers chatter. But a child with autism spectrum disorder may lack these—and other—communication skills.
Apr 27, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Couples and young-onset dementia: Study of coping offers hope for new interventions
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have used a couples-based framework to describe the experiences of individuals diagnosed with young-onset dementia (YOD) and their partners. In a study published in JAMA ...
Apr 15, 2021
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Medications
Antipsychotic drugs may have protective effect against COVID-19
Two studies led by the Mental Health Unit of the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital and involving researchers from the US conclude that antipsychotic drugs could have a protective effect against SARS-CoV-2. For this reason, ...
Apr 9, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to stop psychopaths and narcissists from winning positions of power
One of the human race's biggest problems has been that people who occupy positions of power are often incapable of using power in a responsible way. In the past, this was mostly due to hereditary systems which assigned power ...
Apr 8, 2021
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Medical research
COVID-19's parallel pandemic: Why we need a mental health 'vaccine'
Younger people are at lower risk of severe health outcomes if they develop COVID-19, and are therefore not a priority group for vaccine rollout. However, a silent mental health pandemic wave is in full force, and this time ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID's mental health fallout: How we're targeting pandemic depression and anxiety
Although Australia is now largely COVID-free, the repercussions of the pandemic are ongoing.
Feb 26, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lockdowns are leaving kids with ADHD in crisis
(HealthDay)—When clinical psychologist Maggie Sibley thinks about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, she worries most about the older teens ...
Feb 19, 2021
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Neuroscience
Time to act on autism diagnosis deficiencies
Identification of autism, followed by appropriate intervention, has the potential to improve outcomes for autistic individuals—but Flinders University experts say that presently not enough qualified people can diagnose.
Jan 20, 2021
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Neuroscience
'Race norming' blamed for denying payouts to ex-NFL players with dementia
A UCSF clinical psychologist has taken aim at the National Football League (NFL) for "race norming" black players diagnosed with dementia, a practice that is depriving them of the monetary awards allocated to former footballers ...
Dec 21, 2020
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