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The Model System Knowledge Translation Center is a great traumatic brain injury (TBI) resource not only for clinicians, but also for patients and their families. Model Systems provides these documents free of charge and can be viewed or downloaded online. The evidence-based TBI information is written in a straightforward manner that keeps “doctor speak” in [...]
An admittedly unusual group of announcements and studies for this edition of The Scientist Research News Update – certainly not a dose of the typical psychology and public health related stories usually found in this series. Topics include that initial research that suggests antioxidants may actually help cancer cells survive, an announcement that the FDA [...]
The 8-24-09 edition highlights new research with an upcoming study on music’s influence on children with Autism, caffeine and poor sleep in teens, an interesting link between Alzheimer’s and PTSD, several new brain-related studies, an anti-depressant medication that may stimulant the brain’s growth factors, aroma therapies that can reduce stress, the link between stress, depression [...]
As mentioned in a previous post, I am on internship at a nationally ranked rehabilitation hospital. Though I am currently assigned to a traumatic brain injury rotation (TBI), I have already started to work with patients with spinal cord injuries (i.e., my next formal rotation). I recently came across a wonderful free resource for patients and their family entitled, “Spinal Cord Injury Patient-Family Teaching Manual.” Check the end of this report for a link to download this valuable free resource.
The United States Army announced its plans to initiate psychological testing with all active duty, national guard, and reserve soldiers in an effort to identify those with possible mental health issues, as well as to strengthen psychological functioning among our brave warriors. A newly developed 170-item test that appears to have a biopsychosocial approach to [...]
Research trials have begun on an innovative research project which examines the additive therapeutic effect of two existing evidence-based techniques, marital therapy and biofeedback. Steven C. Kassel, a Marriage and Family Therapist who has been certified in Biofeedback since 1985, designed a way to combine both therapies which typically are not used together. Working with [...]
You can now download President Barack Obama’s healthcare bill at The Behavioral Medicine Report. At over a 1000 pages, prepare yourself for quite a read. I have debated for some time now whether to post my thoughts on the current state of healthcare and health insurance, but I have decided to not comment on this [...]
Dr. M. Barry Sterman, along with Dr. Sarah H. Lisanby, discuss neurofeedback and other brain imaging and treatment modalities during a live interview on WNYC.org public radio. The radio segment entitled, “Please Explain: Neurofeedback,” is streamed online at no cost. Check the end of this report for a link to this interview. Bookmark on Delicious [...]
U.S. News and World Report published their “Best Colleges: Up-and-coming National Universities,” and I am pleased to announce that The University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, Texas achieved a top 15 rank. Why do I care? I am a 5th year doctoral student in Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine at UNT! The “UNT [...]
Check out today’s Research News Update for the latest on the role of positive emotions and resilience, several new studies on Autism, including differences in how these persons learn new behaviors and the role of parental stress in their child’s behaviors, brainmaps that can detect early mental illness, such as schizophrenia, psychological interventions may not [...]
