This study synthesizes more than 50 years of experimental research to reveal the multiple ways loss of
sleep undermines human emotional functioning and increases risk for psychiatric disorders.
Implications for individual and public health are considerable in a largely sleep-deprived society.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBTs) are effective for adult depression. This article compared the efficacy of CBTs in China and the rest of the world.
Neurofeedback (NF) treatment for ADHD seems to improve the efficiency of processes associated with integrating auditory stimulus information more than control treatment.
Children with ADHD frequently have deficits in working memory and math skills. The study examined relations between specific working memory components (central executive, phonological short-term memory, visuospatial short-term memory), ADHD symptoms, and math achievement in 186 children ages 8-13 years.
he high prevalence of procrastination among the ADHD population likely stems from the underlying neurological deficits in executive functioning skills such as organization, prioritization, working memory, and impulse control.
ADHD hyperactivity and manic symptoms like psychomotor agitation, racing thoughts, and impulsivity conceptually converge. Thus measures of hyperactivity in ADHD may tap similar underlying phenomena as mania rating scales intended to index separate conditions.
According to cognitive theory, inflated responsibility plays a central role in the onset and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
This study examined symptoms of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in a nationally representative sample of African American adults and correlations between OCD symptom
dimensions and experiences of discrimination.
Prior research has been mixed on whether tic-related OCD is a clinically distinct subtype, with some studies showing differences in symptoms, treatment response, and comorbidities and others showing no differences.
The study revealed differences in caregiving practices, with the urban sample resembling Western middle-class contexts emphasizing the maternal importance; the two rural samples showing extensive caregiving networks; however, differently composed. Moreover, the three samples revealed culturally specific concepts of potential attachment figures.