The Life of Leo Kanner
Leo Kanner was born on June 13th, 1894 in Austria-Hungary, now present-day Ukraine. Kanner had worked at John Hopkins and did medical work for almost 50 years. He is best known for being the founder of autism.
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Understanding New ADHD Stimulant Medications : Brands, Formulas, and Consideration for Different Age Groups
Attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered a neurodevelopmental condition that affects individuals of all ages, and can enhance or diminish at any point in ones lifetime.
Emerging Treatments for ADHD
Emerging medications for ADHD are slowly coming to the market for physicians to use. They tend to be more long‑acting and cover 12 to 16 hours. Many times today with kids homework/sports a longer formulations is needed. The agents below modulate norepinephrine amongst other hormones. An agent that has been used for some time is Straterra which works similarly.
OCD May Have Higher Risk in Women
Women appeared to have a greater lifetime risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder than men, according to results of a meta-analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Traditionally OCD has been considered to be an illness in 3 to 5 percent of the population. For many years we have believed as psychiatrists that there is no gender differential between ment and women.
Sensory Processing Motivation
Children with sensory processing disorder (SPD) may feel things intensely — or not at all. They may be hypersensitive to noise, fluorescent lighting, cafeteria smells, and new movement. Or they may feel their senses are muted and physically seek out stimulation — playing rough, bouncing boundlessly, or touching everything and everyone all the time.
