17
Feb
2016
Written by Embry Roberts / TODAY
In the six years since Nik Glaser adopted a golden doodle puppy named Kramer, the animal has become more than a pet. He’s become a therapy pet. “I have clinical anxiety, and I go through phases where it can be overwhelming,” Glaser, 30, explained. “With Kramer around, I rarely get to the stage of having panic attacks. He’s very intuitive. If he sees I’m getting agitated, he’ll put his head on my lap or reach out with his paw. “It’s a subtle thing, but it calms me.”
16
Feb
2016
Written by David Yi / Mashable
Kerby Jean-Raymond knows how to make a statement. It was the young New York designer who caught the attention of the fashion industry when his entire last season was dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement. This year it was dedicated to mental health.
15
Feb
2016
Written by Jesse Singal / Science of Us
It’s not easy to depict the complicated relationship between mental illness and the creation of art in a way that doesn’t either trivialize the suffering caused by the former or flatten the complicated interplay between the two into a trite story line. That was the task faced by Paul Dalio, the writer and director of Touched With Fire, a new film starring Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby as Carla and Marco, a pair of bipolar poets who fall in love.
14
Feb
2016
Written by Cesar Chelala / Japan Times
Chinese scientists have created monkeys with a version of autism that could eventually help in the cure for this complex spectrum of brain disorders that affects millions of children worldwide. Autism has been identified in approximately 1 in 68 children in the U.S., and its characteristics are only now becoming better known.
13
Feb
2016
Written by Amy Morin / Chicago Tribune
More than 1 billion people log onto Facebook every day. Facebook remains the world’s most popular social networking site, where users can post duck-face selfies, get into feuds over the presidential campaign and read the headlines from their favorite news outlet.
12
Feb
2016
Written by Terri Peters / Today Parents
Since Bill Davis’ son, Chris, was diagnosed with autism as a toddler, the Pennsylvania dad has learned to modify his expectations, often making changes where needed in order to help his son succeed.
11
Feb
2016
Written by Patrick Skahill / WNPR
Could King Henry VIII have suffered from the same brain injuries affecting some modern-day football players? That’s the question at the center of a new study looking at traumatic brain injury.
10
Feb
2016
Written by The Mighty / The Mighty
I was diagnosed with classic autism when I was 4. I found the word a terrifying place. In some ways, it’s still a frightening place for me. But I have reached a point where I am a professional public speaker on autism.
Parents often ask me to give them advice for their children who are on the autism spectrum. There are many things parents don’t understand about their children with autism. Here are things I wish parents of children with autism would understand.
09
Feb
2016
Written by Sara Solovitch / The Washington Post
It was November 2012 when Dennis Hartman, a Seattle business executive, managed to pull himself out of bed, force himself to shower for the first time in days and board a plane that would carry him across the country to a clinical trial at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda.
07
Feb
2016
Written by Stephanie Pappas / Brain Decoder
There is a story in my family of my grandfather’s homecoming from the Korean War. His father, a medic in the German army in World War I, took him into his study. “You saw horrible things over there,” he told his son. “But you have to forget them. When you leave this room, you just don’t think about it anymore.”
06
Feb
2016
Written by Amanda Garrett / Beacon Journal
Dr. Richard Kogan’s fingers — sometimes fluttering, sometimes flogging the keys of a piano — spilled a cascading torrent of emotion across a lobby at Summa Akron City Hospital Friday as if it was Carnegie Hall.
05
Feb
2016
Written by Charles Q. Choi / Live Science
People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could someday be treated with the help of an electric patch worn on their head when they are sleeping, researchers say.
04
Feb
2016
Written by Scott Rogers / The New Star
For the past three years a local organization has pulled out all the stops to bring joy and a sense of normalcy for Louisiana and Texas residents who have traumatic brain injuries.
03
Feb
2016
Written by The Opinion Pages / New York Times
The skyrocketing number of children with attention deficit disorders has led some pediatricians to question whether the diagnostic criteria for them — which is necessary for medication prescriptions and disability accommodations — is too subjective. Some children may be over-diagnosed and over-medicated, while others who fall short of the diagnosis go unsupported.
02
Feb
2016
Written by Amy Chillag / CNN