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Sex therapist Chantelle Otten is here to save her listeners ’ love lives
Often, podcasts are the opposite of practical. Mostly, they’re a form of audio escapism – from losing yourself in the twists and turns of true crime, to plugging into a comedy show and chuckling your way through a commute. So alongside the return of powerful podcast Bodies, it’s nice this week to…#bodies #callmedisabled #callme #drop #poppyfield #jameishaprescod #hannahverdierbodies #allisonbehringers #adhd #beatenjackwidely
Source: Reuters: Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Meds not the only answer for ADHD | Letters
There need to be national multi-agency collaborative pathways for the holistic assessment of children with attention difficultiesWe, as chartered psychologists (BPS), are delighted that the inadequate provision for children with mental health difficulties in the UK was highlighted (Shocking failures on children with ADHD, 4 August). We agree with the findings that there are considerable local differences in practice in this field. We note with concern the reported rise in prescriptions for stimulant drugs such as Ritalin (methylphenidate) between 2010 and 2015. We should not fall into the trap of believing that diagnosis a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 6, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Society Health Mental health NHS Conservatives Politics Psychology Science Source Type: news

Library Shelfie Day
The New York Public Library launched ‘Library Shelfie Day’, a social media event, a few years ago as a way to promote libraries and demonstrate a love of reading. The idea worked well with Instagram and was an international hit with over 1200 posts. Why did people like it so much? A number of factors contributed to this phenomenon. It definitely resonated with what people cared about, their passion for reading. Wonderful books include both the courageous and inspiring stories of individuals as well as reveal the health barriers members of our society must face. The PNR staff loves to read and here are a few of...
Source: Dragonfly - January 23, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Health Literacy/Consumer Health Public Libraries reading social media Source Type: news

NICE says chatty girls may be hiding ADHD
ADHD is being missed in women and girls because they do not have obvious disruptive behaviour, according to NICE.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NICE warns of risk of missing ADHD diagnosis
NICE is urging doctors to think about a potential ADHD diagnosis in people who are at higher risk of having the condition, but who are usually overlooked.
Source: NHS Networks - September 6, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Conclusive Proof ADHD Is Overdiagnosed
This study used a sample of 35,343, children from the National Health Interview Survey and 18,559 children from the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey. Children born 1-3 months prior to the grade cutoff date were found to be 27% more likely to be diagnosed for ADHD and 24% more likely to be medicated for ADHD compared to children born 10-12 months prior to the grade cutoff data. The study does a nice job of relating its findings to the "real world" scale of the problem when it states, "To put our estimates into perspective, an excess of 2 percentage points implies that approximately 1.1 million children received an inapprop...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 23, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

How Studying The Minds Of Cultural Icons May Combat Mental Illness Stigma
Marilyn Monroe lives in our cultural imagination as one of the most iconic actresses in Hollywood history. But underneath the famous blonde curls and sex-kitten voice, there's a complex woman who likely suffered from borderline personality disorder, according to science journalist Claudia Kalb.   Biographers and commentators have long struggled to make sense of Monroe's contradictory personality. The actress "yearned for love and stability," and yet often lashed out at those she cared about. "What is clear is that Monroe suffered from severe mental distress," she writes in her stirring new book...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tufts NICU Nurse Fosters Children Exposed To Drugs
BOSTON (CBS) – Two nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit have treated some of the sickest and tiniest babies and have brought more than a dozen home over the years as foster children. Dr. Mallika Marshall introduces you to this special family. Like many of us, the Sepulvedas are decorating gingerbread houses for the holidays, but this is no ordinary family. Shelly Sepulveda is a NICU nurse at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. She and her wife Tami Sepulveda, also a NICU nurse, have taken in 16 foster children over the past seven years, almost all of them exposed to drugs at birth. “...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Dr. Mallika Marshall Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center Source Type: news

Scientists' public engagement work should be generously funded | Clare Matterson, Wellcome Trust
Public engagement should be an integral part of research, not an unpaid hobby, which is why the Wellcome Trust has decided to invest £4.5m a year in itThere's an app that you might have seen, or even played – The Great Brain Experiment. It's cute, quirky and pretty addictive. Every time I turn on my iPad I find my children have been having a go (perhaps making me look far more mentally agile than I am). So far, over 40,000 people have downloaded and played the app. Among its deceptively simple games is one in which you have to grab apples as they fall from a tree – but beware the apples that turn rotten as they fall.T...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 10, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Clare Matterson Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Science policy Medical research Higher education Source Type: news

Treatment of depression in children 'needs improving'
“Children as young as five are now suffering from depression,” says The Daily Telegraph, while the Daily Mail reports on the “worrying rise in the number of children with depression,” saying that almost 80,000 children are now affected. While these figures are cause for concern, they do not represent a sudden worsening of the problems of childhood depression. The statistics on childhood mental health are actually taken from a 2004 report into child mental health. The figures were quoted in a press release that accompanied new “quality standards” for the care of depression in children and young people publishe...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Pregnancy/child QA articles Source Type: news

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: NICE support for commissioning
The NICE quality standards to improve the quality of care and support for children, young people and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Source: NHS Networks - August 1, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

NICE: Annual drug review for people with ADHD
New guidelines have been released to improve the quality of care for children, young people and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Hide related content:  Show related content read more
Source: Nursing in Practice - July 30, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Lalah-Simone Springer Tags: Family health Mental health Editor ' s pick Latest News Source Type: news

NICE evidence summary: unlicensed and off-label use of melatonin to treat sleep disorders in children and young people with ADHD
Source: NICE Area: Evidence > Drug Specific Reviews The unlicensed and off-label use of melatonin to treat sleep disorders in children and young people with ADHD is the second topic to be covered by NICE as part of its new service to provide information to the NHS and patients in England about the use of unlicensed and off-label medicines.   Key points from the evidence are as follows:   . Only 1 form of melatonin (prolonged-release tablets) is currently licensed in the UK for the short-term treatment of primary insomnia, characterised by poor quality of sleep, in adults who are aged 55 years or...
Source: NeLM - Mental Health - January 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news