Tag Archives: autism

From reading dreams to helping locked-up patients: what the future of EEG could look like

EEG brainwave reading technology helps monitor people with epilepsy and can detect when we fall asleep at the wheel in a simulator. As scientists celebrate the 100th anniversary of the test, here’s why many in the field are excited about its future applications in medicine. Today’s electroencephalogram, or EEG, device consists of electrodes that are attached to the patient’s or …

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Is parenting really more stressful these days? US Surgeon General thinks so

Parenting these days often feels like treading water, begging for a rope to be thrown at you. But instead of pulling you out, a passerby gives you a high-five and says, “I don’t know how you do it all!” The answer? Bad, according to many parents. Apparently, the stress is taking its toll. On Wednesday, the US Surgeon General said …

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Disabled Tenants Live in Fear of Eviction. Now This Man With PTSD Sleeps in a Shed

Sidney Wood says he was evicted from his home last month after he couldn’t pay his rent. Wood, 41, couldn’t afford the $1,620-a-month Edmonton basement apartment he shared with his two teenage children. Not after he and his wife separated in March, and not on his CPP disability income, which he says is $1,403 a month. So Wood, who can …

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TikTok has been called the therapist bank of Gen Z. But not all #mentalhealth info is correct

Spark53:59Being human now 9 – Well-being It’s “scroller beware” on #mentalhealth TikTok, where the content ranges from informed to misleading, and has the potential to be both helpful and harmful, mental health providers say. Jonathan Shedler, a psychologist and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, says he’s concerned about the quality of mental health information …

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