On January 27, NPR ran a short piece on a new treatment for clubfoot. Here’s a quote from the transcript: “Just a decade ago, up to 90 percent of babies…were treated with surgery that usually had to be repeated several times. That created a buildup of scar tissue that often left patients with a lifetime… Continue Reading
Archives for January 2014
The Problem of Blame
On January 27, I posted Maternal Attachment in Infancy and Adult Mental Health. In this article I reviewed a longitudinal study by Fan et al. The main finding of the study was: “Infants who experience unsupportive maternal behavior at 8 months have an increased risk for developing psychological sequelae later in life.” In my article,… Continue Reading
Maternal Attachment in Infancy and Adult Mental Health
There’s an interesting article by Angela Fan et al, in Comprehensive Psychiatry, October 28, 2013. It’s titled Association between maternal behavior in infancy and adult mental health: A 30-year prospective study. The data for this investigation were gathered as part of a wider longitudinal study. PROCEDURE Participants in the study were 1,752 babies born between… Continue Reading
ADHD: Are We Helping Or Harming?
In November 2013, the British Medical Journal published Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: are we helping or harming? by Rae Thomas, PhD, Psychologist, Australia; Geoffrey K. Mitchell, MB BS, FRACGP, PhD, Professor of General Practice, Australia; and Laura Batstra, PhD, Psychologist, Netherlands. The article is part of a series on the dangers of overdiagnosis. Here are some quotes:… Continue Reading
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