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Understanding the circuitry of such affiliative behaviors may lead to improved treatments for social impairment in severe mental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder.

But the most immediate question for Sobel is «whether an olfactory impairment is at the heart of the social impairment in autism.»

Social impairment in children is an increasing concern of education and public health sector workers.

In addition, the study demonstrated that FB - IPT helped to reduce social impairment in depressed preadolescents, and these changes were associated with decreases in their depressive symptoms.

«Autism: Brain circuit controls social behavior identified: A new study identifies specific brain circuit that may lead to social impairments in autism spectrum disorder.»

He has developed paradigms that are being used to screen drugs that enhance social function, and is developing novel strategies for drug discovery for treating social impairments in autism and schizophrenia.

Plasma oxytocin concentrations and OXTR gene variants predict social impairments in children with and without autism spectrum disorder.

While in graduate school she used electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) to study the brain basis of social impairments in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Not exact matches

(Per Social Security Administration data, 28 percent of final medical denials in 2013 were because the impairment was considered «not severe,» and another 31 percent because the applicant was still considered able to do other kinds of work.)

Sustainability Reporting: Final chart in this session looks at the proportion of companies which have adopted «sustainability reporting» - it speaks to the emerging field of ESG research where there is a growing acceptance and body of evidence which says that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) factors are also relevant and can particularly be useful in filtering out companies that are at risk of brand impairment, legal liability, and general backlash due to inferior ESG practices and ratings.

In one case, a borrower's testimony about her mental impairment, including evidence that she received Social Security benefits, was enough to convince the court of undue hardship.

For a mental condition to be considered a disorder, it must either regularly cause subjective distress, or regularly be associated with some generalized impairment in social functioning.

many h0m0 are quite satisfied with their orientation and demonstrate no generalized impairment in social effectiveness or functioning.

It is significant, however, that in 1973 the Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from that association's list of mental disorders, saying, «Homosexuality per se implies no impairment in judgment, stability, reliability, or general social or vocational capabilities.»

Through its effects on the prefrontal cortex, neglect leads to impairment of the stress - response system, which in turn leads to emotional, behavioral, and social difficulties both in childhood and later in life.

Children exposed to conflict are more likely to have behavioral and emotional disturbances, suffer social and interpersonal problems, and show impairment in their thought and reasoning processes.

A comprehensive evaluation by a mental health professional (e.g., a psychologist, psychiatrist, or clinical social worker) is important for confirming the presence of selective mutism (SM) and identifying other conditions that might contribute to impairments in functioning.

There may be severe impairment in social and school functioning.

According to the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and to experts, disability is the combination of: 1) the individual's impairment; 2) the barriers in the environment (lack of physical and communications accessibility, negative attitudes, absence of laws and specific policies); and 3) the individual's social role (sex, financial situation, access to political participation, etc).

Body dysmorphic disorder refers to perceived flaws in appearance that lead to personal, social, or occupational impairment.

ASD is usually defined by impairments in social interaction and communication, but many people with autism and Asperger's syndrome (in which symptoms are milder) also tend to fixate on and remember seemingly irrelevant information in their world.

The mice with lower levels of KMO showed impairments in contextual memory and spent less time than did a control group interacting with an unfamiliar mouse in a social setting.

PLEs affect many more people than the number who will be diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, and can cause impairments in social and occupational functioning similar to, though less severe than, those experienced by people with psychosis.

The study, which appears in Biological Psychiatry, suggests that social impairments characteristic of autism spectrum disorder may stem from alteration of activity in this circuit, and that tuning this circuit may help treat the social deficits in the disorder.

«If further research could reveal how exactly in - game storytelling affects theory of mind,» he says, «clinicians and software developers could utilize this knowledge to develop tools to aid the treatment of disorders characterized by social - interaction impairments, like autistic disorders.»

This loss of connectivity means that information can not flow as it should between distant areas of the brain, which may help explain impairment in social responsiveness, Jann said.

This difference in the neural basis for the recognition of facial expression might be responsible for impairment in social recognition and the establishment of peer - relationships.

Compared to typically developing adolescents, those with ASD showed both over - and under - connectivity in the ToM network, which was associated with greater social impairment.

Disturbances in the development of both the structure and function of the thalamus may play a role in the emergence of social and communicative impairments, which are among the most prominent and distressing symptoms of autism.

And the more severe a child's social impairment was, the weaker the activity in the brain's mirror region.

The social impairments and high anxiety seen in people with autism or related disorders may be partly due to a disruption in the nerves of the skin that sense touch, a new study in mice suggests.

For adolescents with cerebral palsy, more severe motor impairment was associated with poorer QoL in just three categories — moods and emotions, autonomy, and social support from peers.

People with ASD can have varying levels of impairment across three common areas, which might include: deficits in social interactions and reciprocal understanding, repetitive behaviour and narrow interests, and impairment in language and communication.

Seven of the 34 had some impairment in «non verbal social interactions» which the researchers decided, somewhat arbitrarily, was due to other factors such as anxiety or depression.

Other research studies have reported a decline in social networks in people with Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and previous literature has shown psychological well - being in older age to be associated with reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia.

«This lack of synchronization with frontal regions in ASD — an impairment in brain connectivity — may lead to symptoms of the disorder that involve processes that require brain coordination between frontal and other areas, such as language processing and social interaction,» Just explained.

The basal ganglia are involved in motivation and volition, the impairment of which may result in difficulties in social life.

A year earlier, researchers at the University of Montreal identified a Shank3 mutation in patients suffering from schizophrenia, which is characterized by hallucinations, cognitive impairment, and abnormal social behavior.

Parents of preterm babies — especially those with motor and cognitive impairment — should be given advice of how to create opportunities for social interaction and support social interaction skills in their children before school age.

About three to eight percent of premenopausal women suffer from PMDD: a severe form of premenstrual syndrome with a combination of emotional and physical symptoms, causing significant impairment in home, work, and social life.

Symptoms generally appear in the early developmental period and cause significant impairment in individual and social functioning.

PLoS Genetics 2013, 9 (6): e1003523 Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are characterised by impairments in social interaction and communication, and restricted and repetitive behaviours.

Because cognitive impairments are often implicated in declines in social participation and employment, researchers examined cognitive factors associated with both activity and participation.

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by impairments in reciprocal social communication, and repetitive, stereotyped verbal and non-verbal behaviors.

Depression impacts 17 million American adults annually, often contributing to severe impairments in physical and social functioning.

She said it was a wonderful opportunity to offer meaningful job and social inclusion opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired, while enabling the sighted community to take a walk in the shoes of someone with vision impairment.

The definition continues: «Traumatic brain injury applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such as cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem - solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psycho - social behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech.

Social Security defines disability as being unable «to engage in any substantial gainful activity (SGA) because of a medically - determinable physical or mental impairment (s) that is expected to result in death, or that has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months.»

All are welcome to attend and we especially encourage these people to come: people working in the social and educational sectors who serve individuals with visual impairment (VI), those who have family members with VI and the VI community.

«Widespread exposures to toxic chemicals in our air, water, food, soil, and consumer products can increase the risks for cognitive, behavioral, or social impairment, as well as specific neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).»