Study examines real-world impact of ADHD medication shortages

By Dr. David Rabiner | January 9, 2025 |

Many par­ents and/or adults with ADHD report chal­lenges obtain­ing pre­scribed ADHD med­ica­tion. A 2022 report from the FDA sug­gest­ed that rough­ly 10% of Amer­i­cans pre­scribed com­mon ADHD med­ica­tions are impact­ed; a sur­vey by ADDi­tude mag­a­zine sug­gest­ed this fig­ure may be sub­stan­tial­ly high­er. What impact do chal­lenges obtain­ing pre­scribed med­ica­tion have on adults with ADHD and/or…

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On neuroplasticity, cognition, aging, medication, Alzheimer’s, board games, brain teasers, and more

By SharpBrains | October 26, 2023

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing fas­ci­nat­ing research find­ings on neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, cog­ni­tion, aging, med­ica­tion, Alzheimer’s, board games, and more, plus some brain teasers to get you in great shape for Hal­loween. #1. Study: Play­ing board games like Chess, Mahjong, Go, helps slow cog­ni­tive decline as we age (but with clear dif­fer­ences in…

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Major evidence review supports an “exercise prescription” for most adults to boost mental health and well-being

By Greater Good Science Center | July 6, 2023

When you head to your week­ly yoga class or lift weights at the gym, you’re doing some­thing good for your phys­i­cal health: get­ting more fit today, and so pro­tect­ing your body into the future. What you may not always think about, though, is that you’re also pro­tect­ing your­self from anx­i­ety and depression—about as much as…

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8‑week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course found to be as effective as Lexapro (escitalopram) to treat adults with anxiety disorders, and with far fewer side effects

By Greater Good Science Center | April 19, 2023

Anx­i­ety is the most com­mon psy­chi­atric dis­or­der, with over 301 mil­lion ?peo­ple affect­ed around the world. Whether extreme anx­i­ety aris­es in social sit­u­a­tions, is trig­gered by a par­tic­u­lar pho­bia, or man­i­fests as a gen­er­al unease in the world, it can severe­ly affect people’s every­day func­tion­ing and lead to high lev­els of dis­tress. Luck­i­ly, there are…

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How much should you trust BetterHelp, Talkspace, Cerebral and other mental health start-ups touted by celebrities?

By Kaiser Health News | July 11, 2022

When Pat Paulson’s son told her he was feel­ing anx­ious and depressed at col­lege, Paul­son went through her Blue Cross Blue Shield provider direc­to­ry and start­ed call­ing men­tal health ther­a­pists. No providers in the Wis­con­sin city where her son’s uni­ver­si­ty is locat­ed had open­ings. So she bought a month­ly sub­scrip­tion to Bet­ter­Help, a Moun­tain View,…

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Debunking four myths about decision-making capacity to keep Britney Spears and others safe

By The Conversation | August 9, 2021

Brit­ney Spears’ impas­sioned remarks in court have raised many ques­tions about con­ser­va­tor­ships, includ­ing when they’re nec­es­sary and whether they effec­tive­ly pro­tect someone’s best inter­ests. When one los­es the capac­i­ty to make deci­sions for one­self the court appoints a guardian, or con­ser­va­tor, to make those deci­sions. Appoint­ing some­one to make deci­sions about per­son­al and finan­cial matters…

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