OVERVIEW Our prior post discussed when anxiety should be considered a medical problem. Much like anxiety, everyone has occasional feelings of sadness. The goal of this post is to identify features of sadness that...
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OVERVIEW Everyone has feelings of anxiety. Normal anxiety is an adaptive response to stress, meaning that the sensation of feeling anxious can be helpful. For example, anxiety about a math test can cause a...
OVERVIEW A previous post explored some of the risk factors for prolonged symptoms following concussion. A risk factor is a thing (a variable) that increases the chances that another thing will happen (an outcome)....
OVERVIEW Most patients with concussion recover rapidly. The average time to recovery is 7-10 days among adult patients.1 Recovery among children with concussion might take longer than recovery among adults. But some patients, both...
OVERVIEW The goal of this post is to describe medicine treatments for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). STIMULANT MEDICATION FOR ADHD Stimulant (also called “psychostimulant”) medicine is recommended as the first-line treatment for children (>5...
OVERVIEW This post will describe some of the basic approaches to non-medicine behavioral treatments for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The next post will discuss common medicine treatments for ADHD. DO BEHAVIORTAL TREATMENTS HELP? In...