Even after earning a doctoral degree and getting licensed, psychologists must earn several credits of continuing education each year. Additionally, in the few states where psychologists can prescribe medication, they must get more advanced training, such as a master’s degree in psychopharmacology. Rea...
a person with dyslexia has roughly a sixty-percent chance of also having Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Therefore, it is important to find a psychologist or neuropsychologist specializing in diagnosing language-based learning disabilities...
"The statistics and research methods foundation you will learn in psychology coursework opens the door to conduct research in the area of human psychology, but also across industries," Erin Reynolds, a Texas-based clinical sports neuropsychologist with a master's degree and Psy.D. doctorate inclin...
It’s not always easy to find a pediatric rheumatologist. Many of them work at either children’s hospitals or major hospitals with an extensive children’s department, and a number of these hospitals are located in more populous areas. On the other hand, the occasional doctor may maintain a...
college refused to acknowledge, my GPA would no longer suffice for me to stay in the nursing program. After taking a year off, I’ve been slowly working my way through a ASN program to get my RN, and I’m eventually planning to go to an RN-BSN program to get my bachelors degree. ...
Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson sums up our flaws in decision-making with three mistakes: we overestimate threats, underestimating opportunities, and underestimate resources. A study of 700 executives showed that it boiled down to one yes-or no question: Can I tolerate the outcome if the worst-case ...
As part of her work as a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, Mitchell Clionsky frequently encounters parents in their 60s and 70s whose adult children are still at home. Often, he said, these kids fall into two distinct categories: "failures to launch" and "revolving door...
Children that are learning disabled usually receive support from the public school system. Depending on the degree of disability a child may even be included in a mainstream classroom and offered a pull out program for part of the day in order for them to receive the attention that they need...
To overcome these barriers, geriatric training is likely to have a positive impact but needs to be supplemented by regulations regarding reimbursement. Most of all, general practitioners’ care for older people with complex health problems needs a conceptual framework that provides guidance regarding ...
Children also suffer cognitive social disorders but the most prevalent are Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Attention deficient hyperactivity disorder. With Autism, the child does not express the normal expressions that a child or person would demonstrate in a normal conversation. These children often...