OCD treatment with Direct Neurofeedback therapy
Preliminary research shows that OCD may be triggered by learned behaviors from the environment.
DetailsPreliminary research shows that OCD may be triggered by learned behaviors from the environment.
DetailsPart I: Memory Formation and Drug Research on PTSD An article entitled Erasing Painful Memories in the May 2012 issue of Scientific American reviews some of the current research on the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Memory is no longer seen as a passive process of recording impressions. Rather, it is ongoing activity at the cellular…
Details11 PTSD Myths. 11 PTSD Realities. PTSD Myth #1 The Reality It is now clear that domestic and repeated events that happen over time can also cause PTSD. For example, years of child abuse can cause PTSD as well being raped or witnessing a natural disaster. The actual event is less important than the fear…
DetailsPTSD dramatically changes critical structures in the brain.
DetailsPhysical Exercise Improves Memory Two recent experiments, one involving people and the other mice, suggest that regular exercise improves memory. However, different types of exercise affect the brain differently and there are other things that can be done to help your memory. For example, if you don’t want to do exercise then something you could…
DetailsRitalin & Other Attention-Improving Drugs Ritalin and other attention-improving drugs can work in the short term, for approximately the first 4-8 weeks. But studies show that over longer periods of time neither how well students do in school or how well they behave is any different from those who did not take medication. Not a single…
DetailsDirect and LENS Neurofeedback Helps Stopping Stopping Relapse or Withdrawal of Antidepressants There are 20 million Americans on antidepressants similar to Etizest, which some people take in the hopes of managing their symptoms of anxiety and/or depression a lot better. Benefits can be partial and temporary and fraught with side effects. And so it’s understandable…
DetailsEven Mild Anxiety Could Shorten Your Life The importance of coping with stress is not just a quality of life issue. It’s also a quantity of life issue. We all know chronic stress isn’t good for our health. Even though stress is common, this shouldn’t be something that someone has to deal with daily. Saying…
DetailsThe Brain, Free Will & Eastern Philosophy This is not a typical blog for me because it is not clinical; the focus is not on diagnosis or treatment. But it’s still about the brain and a topic I’ve been interested in for years—free will. In this blog we’ll start with the brain, move on to…
DetailsHow Do Drugs From 1 Psychiatric Disorder Treat Symptoms of Another How is it that Lamotrigine, an antiepileptic, can help depression, a seemingly different disorder altogether? And why can Prozac, an antidepressant, help reduce anxiety? Or an antipsychotic for schizophrenia help depression? In other words, how is it that drugs for one type of major…
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