Characteristics of ADHD in Struggling Residents and Fellows.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that often results in poor academic performance. Little is known about how ADHD manifests in residents and fellows. To describe the prevalence and phenotype of ADHD among residents and fellows referred to a centralized remediation program.

Neuropsychological performance labels: do patients understand?

Objective:  Descriptive labels to communicate performance are integral in neuropsychological reports. Although the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) reached consensus on standardizing uniform labels of performance, consumer understanding of these labels is unclear. This pilot prospective cohort study evaluated patient, family member, and medical provider understanding of neuropsychological performance labels.

The relationship between the Neuro-Quality of Life Depression and Anxiety Measures and the Personality Assessment Inventory in persons with epilepsy.

Background: To investigate the associations between the Neuro-Quality of Life (NQOL) Depression and Anxiety measures with an objective emotional inventory (Personality Assessment Inventory; PAI), and demonstrate the clinical utility of the NQOL as screening measures for depression and anxiety in persons with epilepsy (PWE).

Methods: PWE (N=72) were concurrently administered the NQOL Depression and Anxiety measures and the PAI. Pearson product moment correlations were used to determine the relationships between the NQOL measures and the respective PAI scales (i.

Referring Providers' Preferences and Satisfaction with Neuropsychological Services.

Objective: This study aims to expand upon previous research by characterizing the attitudes/preferences of referring providers who utilize neuropsychological services.

Method: A 31-question survey link, along with a description of the rationale, was disseminated across several professional listservs and email lists, and data was collected over a 6-month period from individuals who refer for neuropsychological services (N = 81). Survey questions included referring provider preferences (e.

Conscious attention, meditation, and bilateral information transfer.

Recent findings indicate that conscious attention is related to large-scale information integration of various brain regions, including both hemispheres, that enables integration of parallel distributed modalities of processed information. There is also evidence that the level of information transference related to integration or splitting among brain regions, and between hemispheres, establishes a certain level of efficiency of the information processing. The level of information transference also may have modulatory influences on attentional capacity that are closely linked to the emotional arousal and autonomic response related to a stimulus.