Tips for People Who Take Medication: COPING WITH HOT WEATHER
Some psychotropic medications can interfere with a person’s ability to regulate heat and their awareness that their body temperature is rising.
Research
Video Game Use Predicts Increase in ADHD Symptoms
These findings suggest that excessive video game play may be a risk factor for the development of ADHD symptoms. Other research suggests the possibility of reverse causation, i.e., that ADHD symptoms predicts the development of excessive video game play.
Can teens with ADHD tell when they are on medication?
Can teens with ADHD tell when they are on medication?
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression with a recurring seasonal pattern, with symptoms most often starting in the late fall and early winter and going away in the spring and summer.
Video game use predicts increase in ADHD symptoms
Recent studies have linked screen time – including video game play – to concerning outcomes in children, including low self-esteem, low life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms. Screen time has also been found to be correlated with symptoms of ADHD in children and adolescents, even when earlier attention difficulties are taken into account.
Sleep treatment may help teens with ADHD who have co-occurring sleep problems
Teens with ADHD have more frequent sleeps problems than their peers, including delayed sleep onset, reduced sleep duration and quality, and increased daytime sleepiness.
Men Experience More Emotional Pain During Breakups
A new study of online relationship support finds that men tend to experience emotional pain more than women when their relationship takes a turn for the worse.
Hormone links exercise with cognitive benefits
Exercise may benefit brain health and improve cognitive performance during aging. It’s also associated with reduced Alzheimer’s disease risk and cognitive decline.
Study Shows How Taking Short Breaks May Help Our Brains Learn New Skills
NIH scientists discover that the resting brain repeatedly replays compressed memories of what was just practiced In a study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes of Health researchers have mapped out the brain activity that flows when we learn a new skill, such as playing a new song on the piano, and discovered why taking short … Read more
Clinical Trials: Information for Participants
Clinical research trials are at the heart of all medical advances. Researchers enroll women, men, and children in clinical trials to test new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease.