Sentences with phrase «for cognitive status»

The modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS - m) is a widely used screening instrument for (Alzheimer's) dementia.

The Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (Modified): relation with a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment.

Not exact matches

Unlike tests for emotional instability, personality disorder, or other psychiatric disorders that some armchair diagnosticians have speculated Trump may have, assessments of cognitive status are relatively objective and quantitative.

Such aberrations are promptly excommunicated intellectually (the psychiatrists have at hand a full - blown «syllabus of errors» for this purpose, as do language analysts and other assorted ideologists of the cognitive status quo), and the individual who refuses to recant may have to face «repressive» treatments of various degrees of severity (from losing his job to electroshock).

Thus, although improving the economic status of families promotes more positive outcomes for children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively more promising alternative for improving children's psychosocial development and reducing behaviour problems.

By design, that study minimized confounding by measured and unmeasured factors; however, nonblinding of clinicians assessing the cognitive outcomes to participant breastfeeding status suggests the potential for bias.

Mothers who breast feed tend to be older, have a better education, and a higher socioeconomic status, than mothers who breast feed their children for a limited time or not at all.3 15 In some studies the association between breast feeding and cognitive development is not statistically significant after adjustment for such confounders.16 - 20

«Our results clearly demonstrate associations between early vitamin B12 status and various measures on development and cognitive functioning, as for example the ability to interpret complex geometrical figures, and the ability to recognize other children «s emotions,» says Kvestad.

«If there was a new drug on the market that would improve cognitive function by 15 percent, increase blood flow in critical areas for thinking in the brain, reduce toxic proteins in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease and improve overall health status — with no side effects — who wouldn't take this drug?»

Successful and safe BHRT, however, necessitates laboratory testing to assess the patient's current hormonal status, monitor treatment, and ensure that hormones are being metabolized in ways that reduce risks for cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, other age - related diseases and declines in cognitive and sexual function.

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

This is consistent with reports associating regular exercise with reduced incidence of dementia3 and several cancer types.26 - 28 Potential reasons for improved functional status and survival among regular exercisers may include increased cardiovascular fitness and improved aerobic capacity and organ reserve,29 - 31 increases in skeletal mass and metabolic adaptations of muscle with decreased frailty,29 - 31 lower levels of circulating inflammatory markers, 32 improved response to vaccinations, 33 and improved higher - order cognitive functions.34

As for why, he said the study hints that cognitive decline associated with menopause is somehow related to «the length of time a person maintains the hormonal status they have during the reproductive years.»

Sixty healthy middle - school students matched for age, gender and ethnicity but of different socioeconomic status took tests that challenged brain areas responsible for specific cognitive abilities.

by instrumenting for cognitive (noncognitive) scores with the interaction of program quality and treatment status

Over the past couple of years, Canada has been cementing its status as an AI hub with the likes of Google flocking to Montreal, the Royal Bank of Canada establishing its machine learning division as part of an initial partnership with the University of Toronto and with Thomson Reuters founding a research lab in the Waterloo region and a technology centre for cognitive computing in Toronto.

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Additional benefit riders should your health status change: With the Accelerated Death Benefit for Chronic Illness Rider, up to 50 % of the policy's death benefit ($ 500,000 maximum) can be accessed in advance if a licensed health care practitioner certifies during the prior 12 - month period that the insured is unable to perform at least two of six activities of daily living for a period of at least 90 days due to a loss of functional capacity, or has a severe cognitive impairment, requiring substantial supervision to ensure the health and safety of him or herself.

Its validity and sensitivity as an indicator of socioenvironmental influences on development have been demonstrated by evidence that it explains significant variance in childhood cognitive functioning over and above that attributable to socioeconomic status (SES) and maternal education.40, 41 Its validity for use with black samples has also been established.42 Because of safety considerations, the HOME was administered in the laboratory.

Multiple logistic regression was used to control for potential confounders (selected a priori): child's sex, race, use of behavior - modifying medication, history of academic retention, and hours of television per day; maternal obesity, smoking status, marital status, education, and depressive symptoms; family poverty status; and Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment - Short Form (HOME - SF) cognitive stimulation score.

The Effect of a Brief Cognitive Behavioural Stress Management Programme on Mental Status, Coping with Stress Attitude and Caregiver Burden While Caring for Schizophrenic Patients.

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Thus, although improving the economic status of families promotes more positive outcomes for children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively more promising alternative for improving children's psychosocial development and reducing behaviour problems.

Fact:» [W] e find that family structure does operate through economic status because, once income is controlled, the family structure effects primarily disappear for both behavioral and cognitive outcomes... Children with higher quality home environments (with respect to emotional support and cognitive stimulation) have fewer behavioral problems and higher cognitive test scores.

The most recent follow - up study reported associations between duration of breastfeeding and childhood cognitive ability and academic achievement extending from 8 to 18 years in a New Zealand cohort of 1000 children.19 This study found that these effects were significant after controlling for measures of social and family history, including maternal age, education, SES, marital status, smoking during pregnancy, family living conditions, and family income, and measures of perinatal factors, including gender, birth weight, child's estimated gestational age, and birth order in the family.

In general, parenting programs for young children have varied based on the theoretical orientation of the intervention model (e.g. social learning, 6 attachment7), the developmental status of the child (e.g. prenatal, infancy, preschool - age), and the breadth of child behaviours targeted for intervention (e.g. externalizing problems, social and cognitive outcomes).

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risFor example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risfor cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Schizophrenia and Psychosis: Current Status and Future Directions.

More effective treatments for depressed young people therefore may require accommodating their less mature cognitive, emotional, and behavioural repertoires, their substantial reliance on their parents and other adults, and consideration of their developing physiological status.

In this study for a recent birth cohort of UK children we examine how three aspects of parental resources — income, mother's mental well - being and family status — in early childhood enhance or compromise their children's cognitive and behavioural development.

«Recovery from fatigue: The role of psychological detachment,» in Cognitive Fatigue: The Current Status and Future for Research and Application, ed P. L. Ackerman (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association), 253 — 272.

Maggie M. Sweitzer, Indrani Halder, Janine D. Flory, Anna E. Craig, Peter J. Gianaros, Robert E. Ferrell, Stephen B. Manuck; Polymorphic variation in the dopamine D4 receptor predicts delay discounting as a function of childhood socioeconomic status: evidence for differential susceptibility, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Volume 8, Issue 5, 1 June 2013, Pages 499 — 508, https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nss020