When Tyler Skluzacek’s dad came home from the war in Iraq he was “a little bit different.” He was in 6th grade at the time.
Son creates wearable app to help dad’s PTSD
17
Oct
2015
Mental Health
Could this iPhone app transform how we diagnose autism?
16
Oct
2015
It’s 11:30 am on a Monday, we’re on the 30th floor of a fashionable New York City hotel, and Ricky Bloomfield is getting excited.
Despite growing rates of opioid addiction, treatment rates remain the same
15
Oct
2015
In the last decade, opioid dependence has increased at such an alarming rate that many public health officials and lawmakers consider abuse of these drugs—in the form of prescription painkillers and heroin—an epidemic.
New drug combo could help older adults with clinical depression
14
Oct
2015
Sleepless nights: Felice Herrig reveals her toughest fight against anxiety and depression
13
Oct
2015
The clock struck 1 AM and Felice Herrig stared at her clock as if it was going to say something back to her if she looked at it long enough.
Grief is unpredictable in ‘After You’
12
Oct
2015
Grief is a tricky subject. It’s a tricky subject in real life, because no two people will ever deal with it in exactly the same way, and often we expect people to deal with their grief much differently than they actually do.
Massive study gives researchers hints about recovering from brain injuries
11
Oct
2015
We like to think that our doctors know what they’re doing. And they do — for the most part.
Cafe helps people with autism put pieces together
10
Oct
2015
The symbol of autism awareness is a puzzle piece. But at Puzzles Bakery and Café, it goes far beyond just a symbol.
Why it’s so difficult to diagnose autism in girls
09
Oct
2015
Subtle, significant. In a nutshell, these two words capture the symptoms of many girls with autism. Like many in my field, I’ve seen this subtlety firsthand.
Demi Lovato: “I Knew at a Young Age I Had a Problem”
08
Oct
2015
“You’re always going to remember your first time,” Demi Lovato, wearing a skin-tight, long-sleeved black mini dress and sky-high Chloe Gosselin booties, says to a room full of strangers. Taking center stage (and causing a few cheeks to burn) is not a totally foreign experience for the child actor turned sexy song-of-summer pop star. The audience, however—mostly middle-aged, devoid of tweens—is not her typical demographic.
FDA approves new drug to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
07
Oct
2015
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vraylar (cariprazine) capsules to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adults.
Spending time with loved ones wards off depression
06
Oct
2015
t’s easy nowadays to pick up the phone to connect with friends and family, but spending time being physically present with a loved one is more beneficial, found a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Grief is unpredictable in ‘After You’
05
Oct
2015
Grief is a tricky subject. It’s a tricky subject in real life, because no two people will ever deal with it in exactly the same way, and often we expect people to deal with their grief much differently than they actually do.
Former social worker with traumatic brain injury develops app to help her battle depression
04
Oct
2015
Before the accident, she was a social worker at the School District of Lancaster who wrote a book titled “Confidence to Greatness for Teenage Girls.”
Poor women twice as likely to develop clinical anxiety as poor men
03
Oct
2015
Women living in poor areas in the UK are almost twice as likely to develop clinical anxiety as women in richer areas. However, whether men lived in poorer or richer areas made no difference to their levels of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). These are amongst the main findings of a major survey on how socio-economic factors affect mental health in the UK.