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This review looked at research on emotion dysregulation (problems managing emotions) in people with ADHD. It found three main points: emotion dysregulation is common across the lifespan and causes substantial problems; it may come from trouble noticing, recognizing, or paying attention to emotional cues tied to a brain circuit that…
The article says that heavy use of digital media and constant multitasking can harm thinking skills like focus, memory, and decision-making. It explains that intuition depends on brain networks and chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin. The piece cites research linking more media multitasking to smaller gray-matter density in a…
Self-guided use of the oVRcome app was effective at reducing severity of specific phobia symptoms in a sample of people with a self-reported fear of flying, heights, spiders, dogs or needles.Trial registry clinicaltrials.gov NCT04909177.
This study analyzed 900 adults with ADHD from a hospital program in Barcelona. It found that women had more severe ADHD symptoms, more depression and anxiety, less substance use, worse functioning, and greater disability than men, and that women were diagnosed later. The combined ADHD subtype (both inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive)…
