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SEASONALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH. Researchers using Google search data tracked searches related to several mental health conditions found that in the winter queries were higher than in summer. In particular, in the U.S., inquiries about ADHD were 28 percent higher in winter; OCD inquiries were 18 perce...
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GIRLS AND ADHD. The Atlantic has published a first-person account by a young woman with ADHD. In a way, it's a counterpoint to recent articles about overly liberal diagnoses of ADHD, because the author points how how undiagnosed ADHD can be harmful, drawing on her own experiences and her own self-pe...
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THRIVING WITH DYSLEXIA. The Wall Street Journal has posted the story of a young woman who tested as gifted in preschool but ran into trouble when reading entered the curriculum. She was in a Manhattan private school, according to the story, and was "subtly asked to leave." It turns out that dyslexia...
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WORLD AUTISM DAY is today, April 2nd. You can find more information at the site of the UN; at Autism Speaks; or on Facebook. If you're inclined to publicize causes through your tee shirts, you can purchase autism-themed garb at Sevenly.org -- shirts with slogans such as "Shine A Light On Autism...
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EVIDENCE-BASED THERAPY is the topic of a recent article in The New York Times. According to the article, many counselors and clinicians fail to use therapies that are evidence based, as is cognitive-behavioral therapy, which has been shown to be effective in a range of disorders that include anxiety...
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