Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Robotic Horse to Help with Autism, Arthritis, Cerebral Palsy, Etc.
Hippotherapy, or equine-assisted therapy, relies on riding horses to improve the symptoms of patients with a variety of physical and psychological conditions. It's becoming more and more popular for helping people with balance disorders,...
Psychiatry
Magnetic Brain Stimulation May Help Treat Symptoms of Anorexia
At King's College London researchers have been testing transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a technique already used for treading depression, neuropathic chronic pain, and other conditions, as a therapy option for people suffering from...
Psychiatry
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Shown to Improve Learning Skills
Researchers at HRL Laboratories, a Malibu, CA firm, have shown that their novel transcranial direct current stimulation system successfully helped novice pilots improve their flying skills. The team tested their technology by employing an...
Psychiatry
Virtual Reality Shown to Help Treat Clinical Depression
At University College London and ICREA-University of Barcelona researchers have shown that virtual reality can be used a therapy tool for helping people with clinical depression improve how they assess and critique themselves. The technology...
Psychiatry
Feerless Helps PTSD and Phobia Sufferers Avoid Triggering Moments While Watching Netflix
Living with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or certain phobias can create all sorts of unexpected life limitations. Watching movies or TV shows can be stressful if at any time something that triggers fear or flashbacks can appear on the...
Psychiatry
External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation Shown to Help PTSD Sufferers
Clinical researchers at UCLA have been testing an electronic patch from NeuroSigma, an LA, CA firm, as a potential therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Monarch external trigeminal nerve stimulation (eTNS) device has received...
Psychiatry
NeuroSigma's Monarch eTNS, First Non-Drug Treatment for ADHD Approved in Europe
Authorities in Europe just approved the first non-pharma treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The Monarch eTNS system from NeuroSigma, a Los Angeles, CA firm, electrically stimulates the trigeminal...
Psychiatry
Hangout About MagVita Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression
A couple of months ago MagVenture's MagVita transcranial magnetic stimulation system received FDA approval and in 2011 it was the first TMS system approved in the European Union. It's used to treat major depressive disorder in patients who failed to...
Psychiatry
Starling Keeps Track of Kids Use of Words, Exposure to Spoken Language
Sufficient exposure to spoken language seems to be an important parameter for healthy development of young children. Moreover, the child's own word usage is an important indicator and can point to whether the child is progressing at a proper...
Psychiatry
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