cognitive function Archives - Gateway Psychiatric

Brain Training for Bipolar

Peter Forster — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:25:01 +0000

Cognitive problems are the rule rather than the exception for people with bipolar disorder and so the idea of brain training for bipolar is an attractive one. There are a number of commercially available brain training courses. Probably one of the most comprehensive was developed by a company called Posit Science. Its current flagship product is a subscription-based online program ...

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Adult Onset ADHD Symptoms – What Do They Mean?

Peter Forster — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 23:46:13 +0000

Adult onset ADHD symptoms – symptoms of inattentiveness or hyperactivity that are present in adulthood but did not exist to a clinically significant degree in childhood – have been the subject of much controversy in the research literature in the last three years. Until recently, it was understood that ADHD had to have its onset in childhood. In other words ...

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Vortioxetine for Cognitive Impairment in Depression

Peter Forster — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:41:28 +0000

Takeda and Lundbeck announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Psychopharmacologic Drug Advisory Committee (PDAC) voted to support the efficacy of vortioxetine (Brintellix) for treating cognitive dysfunction in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD). The advisory committee also reviewed evidence to suggest that cognitive dysfunction in people with major depressive disorder was an appropriate target for treatment. Several recent ...

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Mood Charting for Complicated Problems

Peter Forster — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:15:05 +0000

I want to share a link to a blog post one the Moodsurfing site which talks about the value of mood charting when trying to understand complicated problems. The story is about Lucy, a patient at Gateway (name changed, of course) and our session yesterday. I think that the story neatly illustrates why keeping track of symptoms is so important when ...

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