The Latest in Neurobehavioral Health

List of blog posts

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  How to get more and better sleep: A neuropsychology perspective

  Insomnia will affect 30% of adults at some point in their lives, and 10% of adults struggle with chronic insomnia. Sleep deficits are well known to be associated with a wide range of negative medical and behavioral outcomes. Fortunately, the many problems associated with sleep are usually solveable with the consistent use of a few good habits.

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  So you think you have autism? - Many developmentally healthy adults mistake normal "symptoms" as signs of autism

  Chances are that if you spend any time on social media, you have encountered content and accounts that hold themselves out as autism "experts." Some account holders even claim that they were finally diagnosed with autism after years and years of being misunderstood and misdiagnosed. Many account holders then go on to list a series of "symptoms," that some of us identify with and we think "oh my gosh...that is me." And the rest is history.

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  Frontotemporal Dementia: Beginner's Guide to an Overlooked Illness

  When Bruce Willis and his family revealed that he had been diagnosed with "aphasia" during the spring of 2022, it generated a wide range of interest in this symptom, which is characterized by a loss of the ability to produce and/or understand language it its different forms (spoken or written). More recently, his family revealed that a more specific condition called "frontotemporal dementia" (FTD) had been identified as the case of the aphasia. So what exactly is FTD, how is it diagnosed, and should you be concerned about it?

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  How to Address Unsafe Driving with Loved Ones with Cognitive Impairment

  Good drivers are alert, think clearly, and make good decisions. When a person with dementia is not able to do these things, he or she should stop driving.

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  Pseudodementia - Memory loss without dementia

  Pseudodementia (pronounced "SOO-doh-dim-en-cha") can produce symptoms every bit as frightening as the real thing (read: "pseudo" is derived from the Greek word "pseudes" which means "false"). Fortunately, the causes of this false dementia are often reversible and with some changes in habits along with discussions with members of your healthcare team, symptoms can get better or even go away entirely.