New Study shows Teens with ADHD helped by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

In a recent issue of Atten­tion Research Update I reviewed a study of cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py (CBT) for adults with ADHD that yield­ed encour­ag­ing find­ings. Promis­ing find­ings of this approach for adults rais­es the ques­tion of whether CBT could also be help­ful for teens with ADHD. Devel­op­ing effec­tive non­med­ical inter­ven­tions for teens with ADHD is important…

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Brain training (cognitive behavioural therapy) seen as most cost-effective treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome

Pac­ing ‘not cost-effec­­tive’ for CFS (NHS Choic­es): “Brain train­ing is most cost-effec­­tive treat­ment for chron­ic fatigue syn­drome,” BBC News reports, while pac­ing ther­a­pies (learn­ing to live with­in lim­its) “offer lit­tle val­ue”. “This news is based on research that aimed to deter­mine how cost-effec­­tive four treat­ment options were for peo­ple with CFS. These were:

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Working with Healthcare Stakeholders towards Brain-Based Personalized Medicine

(Edi­tor’s Note: this is Part 3 of the new 3‑part series writ­ten by Dr. Evian Gor­don draw­ing from his par­tic­i­pa­tion at the Per­son­al­ized Med­i­cine World Con­gress on Jan­u­ary, 23, 2012 at Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty.) Work­ing with Health Care Indus­try Stake­hold­ers: Clin­i­cians, Pharma/Biotech, Pay­ers, PBMs, Lawyers, Medicare, FDA Clin­i­cians seek clear val­i­dat­ed “rules of thumb” that can be…

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