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What characterizes a video game designed to help kids with mental health issues? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Just how does a video game designed to help kids with ADHD, depression and anxiety differ from other video games? Barry Bryant, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, recently completed a study looking at such games and has some observations. Bryant: …
Having kids using mental health care gaming works best at a computer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
What does a survey of video games to help kid’s mental health show? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Can video games help children and adolescents with mental health issues like anxiety, ADHD or depression? A Johns Hopkins study led by psychiatrist Barry Bryant aimed to find out. Bryant: What we found were about 30 randomized controlled trials looking …
Can video games help fill in the gap between kids who need mental health care and the dearth of providers? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Mental health issues are skyrocketing among US youth, data shows. Barry Bryant, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, wondered whether technology might be able to step into this gap with a recent study looking at video games for three common mental …
Skin isn’t the only place to sample to make a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Skin biopsies can diagnose both Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions called prion diseases, recent studies show. Ted Dawson, Johns Hopkins Parkinson’s expert, predicts that soon, blood will supplant skin for detection of these incorrectly folded proteins. Dawson: We also …
Personalized treatment may soon come for Parkinson’s disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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More than 200,000 people in the US alone are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease yearly, but it can be caused by multiple forms of a misfolded protein called alpha synuclein. Ted Dawson, a Parkinson’s expert at Johns Hopkins, says managing the …
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