Your regular doctor can be a great starting point. They can assess your symptoms and refer you to a psychologist, psychiatrist, or neurologist specializing in ADHD. Many clinics and online platforms offer ADHD-specific screenings. For example, the CHADD Resource Directory can connect you with ADH...
This smile is named after a French neurologist who did studies on human facial muscles during the 19th century. Duchenne had discovered a type of smile which involves both the zygomatic major and orbicularis oculi (muscles around the eyes). A combination of eye and mouth movement. That's what...
Frailty is a new concept in rheumatology that can help identify people more likely to have less favorable outcomes. Sarcopenia and inflammaging can be rega
Explain how an electrical impulse is propagated along a neuron. Describe the neural controls of respiration. Describe how sensory receptors communicate to the central nervous system. Explain the process of depolarization in a nerve. Explain the structure of a synapse. Would a neurologist prescribe dop...
Logotherapy was developed by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frank and is based on the premise that the primary motivational force of an individual is to find meaning in life. In other words, Frankl believed that humans are motivated by something called a ‘will to meaning’ – a desire to...
The urgency of Code Stroke is founded on the rapidly evolving brain injury during acute cerebral infarction, and the time-sensitive effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy. Lay public and Emergency Medical Services awareness can lead to earlier arrival of
Dr. David Perlmutter is a Neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition who received his M.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine where he was awarded the Leonard G. Rowntree Research Award. He is the author of: The Better Brain Book and the #1 New York...
So her family and LWSS increased her assistance to include help with appointments for therapy, physicians, and her neurologist, shopping trips and ordering from menus at the senior retirement center where she lived. People don’t have to live in an ERS retirement community to be a LWSS client...
Neurologist yes yes no Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) yes no yesThe terms “counselor” and “therapist” tend to be used rather broadly for any number of professionals who offer mental health services such as counseling. These type therapists are qualified to provide counseling and “talk therapy...
During the upcoming years, I had to take medicines, and I also had to visit the hospital many times to have regular checkups with a neurologist. During these visits, I started to form a friendship with this EEG device. Month by month, my EEG results became better and better. I can stil...