After studies showed that listening to Mozart could raise IQ scores, parents started playing Mozart for babies, hoping to take advantage of the "Mozart effect." One explanation for the effect is that music makes people more awake and alert. Another is that listening to Mozart and mathematical o...
For all visible purposes, Einstein's brain seems perfectly normal, if not a little damaged, with nothing that would immediately indicate any great genius. We may not know anything until there's another equivalent genius brain to study; perhaps Einstein can't be compared to average brains. Harve...
Two literature reviews have highlighted common factors that confer resilience to suicidal experiences in people with psychosis. The first review identified a range of protective factors in quantitative studies, which included family support, positive values, service engagement and hope for recovery, insight...
Routines and Structure: Following their first episode psychosis, participants reported spending most days at home and being caught in a “negative cycle.” They said that they enrolled in the exercise program because they wanted to add structure to their day and routine to overcome the cycle and ...
Please also see our Get Help Now page for more immediate resources. Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are mental illnesses that can significantly impact one's ability to function successfully daily. Depending on the severity of the condition, either disorder can severely interrupt one's ability ...
Matthew has obesity and some other unpleasant side effects. But he also has the awareness that he needs the medication and that the side effects aren’t as bad as the psychosis itself. That’s a very mature place to be. I offer people hope to keep looking and don’t settle. Always wor...
die, although this possibility was taken into consideration. Often has instrumental or appellative character. The message: “something has to change.” Others might feel manipulated by para suicidal actions, but they are a...
[Teaching how to ask for help: social sensitiveness and early intervention in psychosis]. Psychosis is the most traumatic mental illness influencing both sufferers and their families' quality of life, because of the symptoms and the social stigm... M D'Orazio,M Pallagrossi,M Biondi - 《La ...
If you have dementia-related psychosis, Uzedy may not be safe for you. Researchers showed that older adults with this condition who take antipsychotic medicines such as Uzedy have a higher risk ofheartfailure, stroke,pneumonia, and sudden death. Uzedy is not approved to treat dementia-related...
The research adds to the slowly growing body of work supporting the hypothesis that people who favor their left hand for writing probably have brains that are more conducive to simultaneous, bi-hemisphere processing of information. The ANU researchers set up tests intended specifically to test the ...