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This review looks at cognitive remediation (CR), which are training methods meant to improve thinking skills in people with psychiatric disorders. It notes that thinking problems are common and hurt daily life. Over the past 50 years the evidence for CR has grown, with the clearest support for treating schizophrenia…
This paper reviews evidence and ideas about using mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) as a non-drug way to help adults with ADHD. It explains that ADHD is linked to abnormal activity in specific brain circuits and that the usual drug treatment, methylphenidate, helps some people but has limits. The authors argue…
This review says adult ADHD is varied and often happens with anxiety or depression. Many studies report high overlap, clear harms from having both, and many possible biological and cognitive causes. Treatments usually combine medicines with therapies like CBT or digital tools, but the causes are still not well understood…
This narrative review examines how panic disorder causes sudden, distressing body symptoms that can look like real medical problems. It focuses on six common symptoms (non-cardiac chest pain, palpitations, dyspnea, dizziness, abdominal distress, and paresthesia), reviews medical illnesses that can occur with or mimic panic (including long COVID), and argues…
