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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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Neurocognitive Testing Online

Peter Forster — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:28:52 +0000

Neurocognitive Testing Online Now Available Problems with memory, inattention, distractibility and cognitive function are common symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders. They may also be side effects of the medications used to treat those conditions. Or they may be a sign of some other condition that needs to be evaluated. How can these evaluated? A key part of a comprehensive assessment ...

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B Vitamins and Depression and Cognition

Peter Forster — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 23:18:47 +0000

We ran across a Q&A from Consumer Lab on the role of B vitamins in depression which sparked us to update and expand this section of our page on nutritional supplements. ConsumerLab.com Answers Question: I’ve heard that having low B-12 or B-6 can cause depression. Is that true? Answer: Yes, being deficient in vitamin B-12 or B-6 can cause ...

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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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MIND Diet Prevents Cognitive Decline

Peter Forster — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 15:17:01 +0000

Researchers at Rush University have developed a diet (the MIND diet) that appears to be associated with significantly reduced cognitive decline in aging. The diet was developed from three sources of information: the Mediterranean diet (as elsewhere on this blog), the DASH diet for the prevention of hypertension, and a review of the literature on the effects of specific dietary ...

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Mediterranean Diet Improves Cognitive Function

Peter Forster — Sat, 16 May 2015 14:53:16 +0000

Many of our patients are concerned about cognitive function, and there is evidence that people with recurrent episodes of depression may be at higher risk of cognitive decline. But what can be done about this? A just published study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that a Mediterranean diet enhanced with either olive oil or nuts may prevent and perhaps even ...

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TMS Improves Memory

Peter Forster — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 03:06:04 +0000

TMS improves memory. According to a study published in the Aug. 29 issue of the journal Science, “electrically stimulating a portion of the brain that coordinates the way the mind works can enhance memory and improve learning.” The researchers used Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to indirectly stimulate activity in the hippocampus, a key part of the brain involved in the storage ...

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