Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall students, their video-bugs into bookworms. Advice is cheap and all too familiar: Clear a quiet work space. Stick to a homework schedule. Set goals. Set boundaries. Do not bribe (except in emergencies). And check out the classroom.

1. Alzheimer Disease (AD) The anatomic pathology of AD includes neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) and senile plaques (SPs) at the microscopic level. While NFTs and SPs are characteristic of AD, they are not pathognomic, as they occur in multiple other neurodegenerative diseases such as progressive supranuclear palsy and dementia pugilistica, which will be discussed below. The

Doctors Train to Spot Signs of A.D.H.D. in Children By ALAN SCHWARZ FEB. 18, 2014 Jerry, 9 years old, dissolved into his Game Boy while his father described his attentional difficulties to the family pediatrician. The child began flitting around the room distractedly, ignoring the doctor’s questions and squirming in his chair — but then

Neuropsychological assessment more efficient than MRI for tracking disease progression. Investigators at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, have shown that progression of disease in memory clinic patients can be tracked efficiently with 45 minutes of neuropsychological testing. MRI measures of brain atrophy were shown to be less reliable to pick up changes in the

Penn Player’s Mother Stunned by Brain-Trauma Finding in Suicide Autopsy By Erik Matuszewski – Sep 14, 2010 12:54 PM ET Email Share Business ExchangeTwitterDeliciousDiggFacebookLinkedInNewsvinePropellerYahoo! BuzzPrint The mother of University of Pennsylvania football co-captain Owen Thomas, who committed suicide in April, said she was astounded to learn that her son had a trauma-induced brain disease found

How the brain processes visual information By WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER 07/28/2012 17:06 New findings on selective attention may have implications for conditions such as ADHD. Photo by: Thinkstock/Imagebank Ever wonder how the human brain, which is constantly bombarded with millions of pieces of visual information, can filter out what’s unimportant and focus on

‘Dementia will be bigger world plague than AIDS’ By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 06/19/2013 19:24 Leading brain researcher at Presidential Conference says epidemic of dementia to occur around the world in coming decades. Photo by: Wikicommons AIDS is a relatively minor plague compared to the epidemic of dementia that will occur around the world in the coming

Scientists Show Proof-Of-Principle for Silencing Extra Chromosome Responsible for Down Syndrome July 17, 2013 — Scientists at UMass Medical School are the first to establish that a naturally occurring X chromosome “off switch” can be rerouted to neutralize the extra chromosome responsible for trisomy 21, also known as Down syndrome, a genetic disorder characterized by

Marjorie Morrison is the author of the recently published “The Inside Battle: Our Military Mental Health Crisis” (Military Psychology Press, $8.99 ebook) From 2005 to 2010, service members took their own lives at a rate of about one every 36 hours. There are currently more deaths in the military by suicide then killed in combat.

From the American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Technical Report Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Vision Sheryl M. Handler, MD, Walter M. Fierson, MD, the Section on Ophthalmology and Council on Children with Disabilities, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and American Association of Certified Orthoptists Next Section ABSTRACT Learning disabilities constitute

Huge Jump In ADHD Diagnoses The Huffington Post, Posted: 4/1/13 1:05 PM Updated: 4/1/13 1:22 PM There has been a huge upswing in the number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the past decade, according to a new report by The New York Times that analyzed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

www.nytimes.com An Emotional Hair Trigger, Often Misread By JANE E. BRODY In the popular 1999 movie Girl, Interrupted, Winona Ryder portrays a young woman who tries to commit suicide, then spends nearly a year in a psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. The film, based on a 1993 memoir by Susanna Kaysen,