Update: What do schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, have in common?

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Time for Sharp­Brains’ Feb­ru­ary e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing a wealth of neu­ro­science and neu­rotech­nol­o­gy news and brain health insights.

New research

• Ques­tion: What do peo­ple with schiz­o­phre­nia, bipo­lar dis­or­der, depres­sion, addic­tion, obses­sive-com­pul­sive dis­or­der, and anx­i­ety have in com­mon? Answer: A brain with sim­i­lar gray-mat­ter loss
• Long-term med­i­ta­tion can help slow down aging-relat­ed brain vol­ume decline
• Few­er than 19% of ADHD treat­ment plans mon­i­tor treat­ment response accord­ing to guidelines
• The real brain drain: How unem­ploy­ment depletes cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al resources
• Research series: How, when and why does tar­get­ed cog­ni­tive train­ing work to pro­mote behav­ioral and emo­tion­al health?

 

New thinking

• Why retire­ment plan­ning should include men­tal fitness
• 5 Rea­sons Why Par­ents of Chil­dren with ADHD Need to Become Proac­tive, Well-Informed Advocates
• Open ques­tion: Can cof­fee & Ritalin’s men­tal effects be deliv­ered, safe­ly, over a smartphone?
• Poll: 93% believe men­tal health sys­tem needs to change
• Tak­ing health (and brain health) care “beyond the pill”

 

New tools

• Non-inva­sive neu­rotech­nol­o­gy reach­es senior hous­ing via ASHA-Neu­roVig­il inno­v­a­tive partnership
• Har­ness­ing fMRI neu­ro­feed­back to enhance atten­tion and cog­ni­tive potential
• Com­bin­ing EEG with aug­ment­ed real­i­ty to rein­vent brain-com­put­er interactions
• Soft­ware-based assess­ments of mem­o­ry & cog­ni­tion to detect con­cus­sions after head trauma
• Wider use of men­tal health screen­ings in school-based settings

 

Have a great month of March!