Sunna Trebbin Harvard What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impacts communication and behaviour. ASD affects a person’s ability to socialize with others, and can also influence the way they perceive others (Durand, 2014). In other words, the act of reading social cues and providing appropriate responses […]
Here are the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidance on the assessment and management of psychosis in young people. While adult services are very familiar with these disorders, due to very low frequencies in childhood, I feel that primary care child services may often not consider such diagnoses. These guidelines are simple, easy to read […]
The Canadian Men`s Health Foundation has published guidance on the use of testosterone for treating hypogonadism in men (available here.) The debate has in some ways paralleled the debate 15 years ago over HRT for menopausal women with both the benefits of treatment on wellbeing and the potential increase in relative risk of some diseases […]
Nice reviewed it`s guidance for the prevention and management of Psychosis last year and we all look forward to new guidance in 2016. Interesting to note the current recommendations for psychotherapy and psychological treatment are for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for at risk mental states, and and CBT and Family Therapy for psychosis. NICE does not support […]
The UK National Institute of Clinical Excellence published revised guidance on the assessment and management of Bipolar Affective Disorder (or just `Bipolar Disorder`) in September last year. This is a condition which involves both episodes of depression and episodes of mania. Bipolar depression requires different treatment strategies than unipolar depression. The guidance also lays out […]
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