FDA clears use of EEG-based ADHD test

By SharpBrains | July 17, 2013

First ADHD brain wave test approved by FDA (CBS News): “Diag­nos­ing some­one with atten­tion deficit hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty dis­or­der (ADHD) is often a tricky sci­ence because it relies heav­i­ly on psy­chi­atric and behav­ioral exam­i­na­tions. For the first time, the Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion has approved a device that 

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Dr. Gregory Bayer on Adding Brain to Behavioral Healthcare

By SharpBrains | June 4, 2012

Dr. Bay­er will dis­cuss Adding Brain to Behav­ioral Health­care, as part of the ses­sion Where will neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty-based inter­ven­tions be accessed, and how will they be reg­u­lated and paid for? at the upcom­ing 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (June 7–14th, 2012).

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Innovation: Get Therapy through your iPhone

By SharpBrains | September 28, 2010

Excel­lent arti­cle about an emerg­ing “small rev­o­lu­tion” in men­tal health care: Mari­enti­na Got­sis, media lab man­ag­er at USC, start­ed think­ing about design­ing apps with ther­a­peu­tic poten­tial when she real­ized that her phone had joined her wal­let and keys on the small list of things she nev­er left home with­out. “It’s what keeps peo­ple con­nect­ed, functional,…

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