Update: Survey of scientific, technological & market trends revolutionizing Brain Health in our Digital Age

By SharpBrains | January 25, 2017

—– Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter explor­ing the lat­est dig­i­tal brain health tech­nolo­gies, neu­ro­science find­ings and insights for  life­long brain health and men­tal health. New tools: Sur­vey of key sci­en­tif­ic, tech­no­log­i­cal and invest­ment trends rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing Brain Health in our Dig­i­tal Age Is Your iPhone Real­ly Fry­ing Your Brain? Five Things You Need To Know The Canadian…

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Study: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) + Medication outperforms CBT alone to treat ADHD symptoms among adults. At the same time…

By Dr. David Rabiner | January 10, 2017

Although med­ica­tion is the pri­ma­ry treat­ment for adults with ADHD, and has good empir­i­cal sup­port, many adults would rather not take it. For these adults with ADHD, it would be help­ful to know whether med­ica­tion is like­ly to pro­vide sig­nif­i­cant ben­e­fits above and beyond those they would gain from well-con­­duc­t­ed ther­a­py, or whether they are…

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Discouraging new findings about pediatric care for children with ADHD: Often, best-practice guidelines are not followed

By Dr. David Rabiner | May 17, 2016

Most chil­dren with ADHD receive their care from com­­mu­ni­­ty-based pedi­a­tri­cians. Giv­en the large num­ber of school-age chil­dren who require eval­u­a­tion and treat­ment ser­vices for ADHD, and the adverse impact that poor qual­i­ty care can have on chil­dren’s devel­op­ment, it is impor­tant for chil­dren to rou­tine­ly receive care in the com­mu­ni­ty that is con­sis­tent with best-practice…

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Now available — Online Course: How to Navigate Conventional and Complementary ADHD Treatments for Healthy Brain Development

By SharpBrains | May 5, 2016

In order to suc­cess­ful­ly pro­mote children’s healthy brain devel­op­ment, every par­ent whose child has been diag­nosed with ADHD should learn how to sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly nav­i­gate and mon­i­tor the range of poten­tial ADHD treat­ments based on the lat­est sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence. This course aims at pro­vid­ing the nec­es­sary infor­ma­tion, frame­works and toolk­its to make well-informed deci­sions, in conjunction…

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Next: Scalable, medication-free relief of cognitive symptoms related to Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

By SharpBrains | April 29, 2016

———- At-Home Cog­ni­tive Reme­di­a­tion May Pro­vide Med­i­ca­­tion-Free Symp­tom Relief for Neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal Issues Asso­ci­at­ed with Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (press release): “Cog­ni­tive impair­ment is one of the core symp­toms of mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis (MS)—and one of its most trou­bling con­cerns for many peo­ple with the con­di­tion. Now, a new study from NYU Lan­gone Med­ical Cen­ter may pro­vide hope for…

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Systematic evidence review finds cognitive behavioral therapy as effective as antidepressant medicines in treating depression

By SharpBrains | April 4, 2016 |

Depres­sion: Treat­ment Beyond Med­ica­tion (The Dana Foun­da­tion): “Major depres­sive dis­or­der affects near­ly 7 per­cent of peo­ple in the US aged 18 and up, accord­ing to the Depres­sion and Bipo­lar Sup­port Alliance. Those who seek treat­ment will most like­ly be pre­scribed a sec­ond-gen­er­a­­tion anti­de­pres­sant med­ica­tion such as a selec­tive sero­tonin reup­take inhibitor (SSRI), tri­cyclic anti­de­pres­sant (TCA),…

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