Team manager says nursing staff have ‘limited experience’ of the condition and assessment is ‘pivotal’. A nurse manager has highlighted the need for nurses to have more information about adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology (Jan 10, 2019). DOI:10.1037/pha0000251
Multisensory environments facilitate behavioral functioning in humans. The redundant signal effect (RSE) refers to the observation that individuals respond more quickly to stimuli when information is presented as multisensory, redundant stimuli (e.g., aurally and visually) rather than as a single stimulus presented to either modality alone. RSE appears to be because of specialized multisensory neurons in the superior colliculus and association cortex that allow intersensory coactivation between the visual and auditory channels. Our studies show that the disinhibiting effects of alcohol are attenuated when stop signals are multisensory (e.g., Visual + Auditory stop signals) versus unisensory (Roberts, Monem, & Fillmore, 2016).. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Childhood neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) typically are complex, heterogeneous, conditions that show considerable clinical overlap.1 There are both genetic and environmental contributions to their aetiology, which are not yet fully elucidated. However, immense progress has been made in our understanding of their genetic basis in the last two decades. This short review aims to synthesise the key findings in this regard, with a focus on some of the factors that are most relevant to clinical practice.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
In 10 to 20 years we'll be able to pharmacologically turn sleep off. It's already being quelled with Modafinil, a stimulant with a near-mythical reputation for keeping you awake without the jitters, excessive euphoria, and eventual crash that come after
...a newly published study from the University of California at Berkeley focuses on girls with the condition, showing many of the same unfortunate results. Visible symptoms of hyperactivity and restlessness largely recede during adolescence, but the girls
Unlike conventional stimulants, no anxiety, agitation and insomnia; selectively stimulates brain's adrenergic receptors for norepinephrine (noradrenaline), a neurotransmitter linked to alertness, learning, and memory.
Parents are more likely to use mobile technology to calm children with behaviour difficulties, a new study In the Journal of the American Medical Association for Paediatrics has shown.
Children with social and emotional difficulties are more likely to be given mobile devices, such as iPads, to calm them down, according to the study of 144 children aged 15 to 36 months in low-income families. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention and hyperactivity or impulsivity. The heterogeneity of its clinical manifestations and the differential responses to treatment and varied prognoses have long suggested myriad underlying causes. Over the past decade, clinical and basic research efforts have uncovered many behavioural and neurobiological alterations associated with ADHD, from genes to higher order neural networks. Here, we review the neurobiology of ADHD by focusing on neural circuits implicated in the disorder and discuss how abnormalities in circuitry relate to symptom presentation and treatment. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
In this Research paper by Shin and colleagues (BMJ 2016;353:i2550, doi:10.1136/bmj.i2550), the authors have alerted us to an error in figure 2. The number of patients with a new cardiovascular event with no history in 2007 should read 1524 (not 3524 as shown). To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
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