Learning Disorders, post-concussion syndrome, and non-seizure epileptic discharges may be worsened by ADHD meds…and improved by EEG neurofeedback.
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Fish Oils:The Skinny on Fatty Acids and Brain Health
In this communication, I will focus mainly on the all-important Essential Fatty Acids, and particularly on Fish Oil, an Omega-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acid, known as Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA). EFAs are well-established contributors to cardio-vascular health and protectors against sudden cardiac death. Here, I will focus on EFAs and brain health. And mental health.
Brain Plasticity: Culture Has Shifted the Brains of Teenagers in Today’s Era.
In the article, she advances the elegant notion that balance of power in the modern teenage brain has shifted to a slower development of the pre-frontal cortex because of a cultural shift away from an apprenticeship mindset.
Brain Plasticity: Culture Has Shifted the Brains of Teenagers in Today's Era.
In the article, she advances the elegant notion that balance of power in the modern teenage brain has shifted to a slower development of the pre-frontal cortex because of a cultural shift away from an apprenticeship mindset.
Can EEG Tell If Telekinesis Is A Magician’s Trick?
Can objects be moved by thought alone? A dubious notion, eh? So when the History Channel asked me to look at the brain waves of “a mentalist” I didn’t have much interest. Back when I was in psychiatric training Uri Geller was at the Stanford Research Institute demonstrating New Physics and mind-over-matter with mental spoon-bending. […]
Can EEG Tell If Telekinesis Is A Magician's Trick?
Can objects be moved by thought alone? A dubious notion, eh? So when the History Channel asked me to look at the brain waves of “a mentalist” I didn’t have much interest. Back when I was in psychiatric training Uri Geller was at the Stanford Research Institute demonstrating New Physics and mind-over-matter with mental spoon-bending. […]
Anti-Depressants and Pregnancy Risk
With this post I initiate a series on unwanted effects of psychiatric drugs and how EEG neurofeedback can sometimes be used as an alternative or to minimize dosage. Psychiatric News (from the American Psychiatric Association) reports new information about SSRIs and autism spectrum disorder may alarm women who are—or plan to become—pregnant, but researchers caution that […]
Updates on ADHD-Food Additives and also ADHD-Autism Gene Finding
A couple of reports in Science News this week pick up on stories we have been following. The first is a “backgrounder” on hyeractivity and food additives; the second illuminates one of the murky patterns of genetic transmission, heredibility of gene variants in ADHD and autistic spectrum not seen in other psychiatric disorders. A very […]
More on the Genetic Factors in ADHD, the Autism Spectrum
ADHD is an invisible disability that is largely non-psychiatric–though it has life-long psychological sequellae for those who grow up with it. As I noted in a blog entry November 21, 2010, evidence is growing that genetic factors are strongly involved in the complex syndrome we nowadays call Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Many genetic factors […]
More on Electro-Magnetic Radiation and Cell Phones
Below I have posted a round up of stories on the recent news from WHO on the increased risk of gliomas tied to heavy cell phone use. This issue is obviously still completely unsettled. As I have written before, I have no doubt about the effect of low energy electro-magnetic (E-M) radiation on the human […]