First, the clinical presentation of youth with mental illness is frequently characterized by hetero- geneous symptom patterns that are often comorbid with substance misuse. Early manifestations of potential ill-
After seeing herSPECT brain scan, Rachel remembered that as a child she was kicked in the head by a horse. Because of this, the part of her brain that was supposed to keep her behavior in check wasn’t working right. If the underlying problem with her PFC wasn’t addressed, she would...
1The Mind, or the conscious mind, these terms simplistically refer to higher structures of the brain including the prefrontal cortex (PFC), the section of the brain located behind the forehead; this particular area may be responsible for decision making and finding solutions. 2Felt-Sense, Gut-S...
26. For example, Reddan et al.27found that mental imagery of the auditory CSs could be used to induce extinction learning following differential fear conditioning to auditory tones, as measured using SCR and whole-brain multivariate pattern analysis. In addition, mental imagery of CSs can contribut...