According to Dr Maggie Wright from The Wright Psychology and Learning Centre, it is important to identify children who struggle with school work early to improve their prognosis. She mentioned that there are mainly 3 learning disorders present in children, with dyslexia being the most common one.
Date Posted: August 8, 2018
Categories: Adult ADHD, Learning Difficulties
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Researchers believe that a significant number of people diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may actually have a treatable immune system condition.
Aug 7
Categories: Bipolar, Mood Swings / Bipolar, Schizophrenia
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Many teens are unaware of their mental states and fail to identify potential mental health problems. Even if they realize they need help, they may be too afraid to reach out for help due to shame.
Aug 3
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Most people are not good at detecting a lie, as they focus their attention on behavioral cues. For example, to tell if someone is lying, we tend to look out for signs of nervousness. However, such cues may not exist, or may not be observable.
Aug 1
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Researchers find that a deficiency of acetyl-L-carnitine is associated with a particular subtype of depression. Individuals with very low levels of this molecule often have highly severe symptoms and don't respond to traditional antidepressants.
Jul 31
Categories: Depression
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Children with autism have a social reward circuit that is different from healthy children. During an MRI scan conducted, scientists discovered that the social rewards circuit of children with autism is not as active.
Jul 28
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Researchers have found therapy dogs to be effective in reducing the symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.
Jul 26
Categories: Adult ADHD, Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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Anxiety is one of the most commonly reported mental state among people who seek psychological help. Due to gene-environment interactions, there is no single cause of anxiety.
Jul 25
Categories: Anxiety
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Cocaine can have a devastating effect on people. It directly stimulates the brain's reward center, and, more importantly, induces long-term changes to the reward circuitry that are responsible for addictive behaviors. Scientists have now uncovered ...
Jul 21
Categories: Addictions, Drug Addiction
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Contrary to popular belief across college campuses, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications may fail to improve cognition in healthy students and can actually impair functioning.
Jul 21
Categories: Adult ADHD
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Childhood adversity permanently alters the peripheral and central immune systems, increasing the sensitivity of the body's immune response to cocaine, reports a new study.
Jul 19
Categories: Addictions, Drug Addiction
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Researchers have used artificial intelligence to help identify patients suffering from schizophrenia and to ascertain if they would respond to treatment.
Jul 19
Categories: Schizophrenia
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This year, the American Academy of Neurology's Sports Concussion Conference in Indianapolis revealed their finding that sportsmen who have suffered from a concussion are more prone to the development of anxiety and depression, as compared to average ...
Jul 16
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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) is like an iceberg. The symptoms of ADHD such as impulsivity, hyper activeness, inability to pay attention, are but the tip of the iceberg.
Jul 14
Categories: Adult ADHD, Mental Health in Asia
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Parents who faced severe trauma and stress in their own childhood are more likely to see behavioral health problems in their children.
Jul 13
Categories: Oppositional & Defiant Behavior in Children & Teens, Post ...
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A new law in the Assembly Bill 1810 was passed, and this allows those who commit any sorts of crime to evade serving prison time if they are diagnosed with a mental disorder during trial. The defendant will then be assessed and receive counselling, ...
Jul 11
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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