Sentences with phrase «including cognitive changes»

Other potential contributing factors may include cognitive changes, such as a lessened ability to discern a person's trustworthiness, and psychosocial problems, including loneliness or depression.

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Creative play promotes growth and change in key areas of development, including language, physical, cognitive and social skills.

- Cognitive Neuroscience The Cognitive Neuroscience emphasis seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through evolutionary time.

It is critical for physicians to monitor these secondary tissue damages, as they are frequently the origin of significant long - term effects, including brain damage, cognitive deficits, psychosocial / behavioral / emotional changes, bodily damage and biochemical changes at the cellular level.

«An MRI might determine that the brain looks normal, but fast forward two years and the patient, who was married and successful, is suddenly unemployed, divorced, and miserable — without any awareness or understanding that new and lasting cognitive and emotional difficulties (including various degrees of amnesia, difficulty concentrating, depression, apathy, anxiety, and even a prominent personality change) emerged due to a car accident two years earlier.

This work expands upon previous research which has shown that after being hospitalized, older adults are at high risk for memory and other cognitive problems, including both transient (temporary) delirium and long - term changes in cognition, including dementia.

Learning to play an instrument brings about dramatic brain changes that not only improve musical skills but can also spill over into other cognitive abilities, including speech, language, memory, attention, IQ and even empathy.

The researchers recommended that future studies should collect information on the number of past TBIs (including mild TBIs, as well as exposure to sub-concussive trauma through contact sports and other activities) along with time since TBI, which may play a significant role in cognitive change.

One tantalizing possibility is that as these restless bits of DNA drift throughout the genomes of human brain cells, they help create the vibrant cognitive diversity that helps humans as a species respond to changing environmental conditions, and produces extraordinary «outliers,» including innovators and geniuses such as Picasso, says UC San Diego neuroscientist Alysson Muotri.

«Because both slightly lower serum sodium levels and mild changes in cognitive function are common occurrences with advancing age, future research on this topic is important — including determining whether correcting lower sodium levels affects cognitive function.»

Each student completed questionnaires about sleep along with questions about self - regulation, including cognitive aspects (for example, «I forget instructions easily»), behavioral aspect (e.g., «I am impulsive») and emotional aspects (e.g., «It bothers me when I have to deal with changes.»).

According to research, exercise helps bring about brain changes which can protect against cognitive decline in individuals at high risk, which includes Alzheimer's disease.

There were also several studies that reported changes in physiological and cognitive outcomes including increased heart rate variability, decreased cortisol concentration, improved respiratory muscle and abdominal strength, greater flexibility, improved planning and execution of cognitive tasks, and even declines in physiological stress reactivity.

The psychiatric manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency include delusions, hallucinations, cognitive changes (like memory decline), depression, and dementia.

Treatment options may include cognitive behavior therapy, stimulus control therapy, ventilation therapy, relaxation techniques, naturopathic therapies and lifestyle changes such as establishing a sleep routine, changing sleep environment / habits, managing stress, anxiety and fatigue.

To gain a better understanding of these difficulties, the Suárez - Orozcos conducted a study looking at three different levels of engagement including behavioral, cognitive, and relational to assess changes in immigrant children's performance over five years.

The eight chapters include Changing Your Student's Brains, Begin with Attitude Building and Build Cognitive Capacity.

Treatments that may help improve cognitive dysfunction (CDS) include selegiline, dietary changes, SAM - e, environmental enrichment, and cerebral perfusion (an improved blood flow to brain cells).

Some behavior changes in older pets may be signs of cognitive dysfunction (similar to senility in people), including: increased vocalizations, loss of house training, unusually aggressive behavior, anxiety, increased wandering, irritability, or changes in sleep patterns.

Treatments that may help improve cognitive dysfunction include L - Deprenyl, dietary changes, and environmental enrichment.

These are just a few of the problems we can address: aggression to people or animals, excessive vocalization, fear and anxiety (including separation anxiety), phobias (including noise or storm phobia), unruly behavior, destructive behavior (including scratching furniture), stereotypic (repetitive) disorders (tail - chasing, self - mutilation, over-grooming), house training problems, avoidance of the litter box, and cognitive dysfunction (aging changes).

Behavioral changes can be the result of many disorders including systemic illness, organic brain disease, true behavioral problems or cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS)(Nielson et al., 2001; Gunn - Moore et al., 2007).

Signs of cognitive dysfunction in pets include disorientation, confusion, anxiety, decreased interaction with family members, loss of house training and changes in sleep cycles.

- Complimentary use of hydrotherapy circuit (sauna, Roman or Turkish baths, hydrotherapy pools, foot baths, bithermal showers, cold plunge pool, ice fountain, therapeutic water jets)- Complimentary attendance to SHA Academy activities including: practical advice to lead a healthier life, Nordic walking, yoga, tai chi, walks, cookery classes, etc. (subject to change)- Add - on Cognitive Development programme to your visit to SHA — see here for details

- Complimentary attendance to SHA Academy group classes including: Talks, yoga, tai chi, walks and healthy cooking lectures (subject to change)- Daily use of Spa circuit (hydrotherapy pool, sauna, Roman Baths, Turkish baths, Biothermal showers, foot baths, therapeutic water jets, ice fountain, cold plunge pool etc.)- Add - on Cognitive Development programme to your visit to SHA — see here for details

Symptoms of brain damage or a closed head injury can include headaches, memory loss, problems with concentration, seizures, decreased motor skills (ability to move), confusion, personality changes, fatigue, depression, irritability, cognitive problems, panic attacks and anxiety.

He has been responsible for driving the firm's digital strategy including focusing on cognitive computing and AI, knowledge management, input to business information systems strategy and supporting client delivery, new delivery models, client consultancy and strategies in relation to market changes.

It can affect your cognitive functioning (making choices and taking decisions) and leave you with significant difficulty with your memory; your behaviour, including complete personality change.

Traumatic brain injuries can also manifest themselves at any point after the accident and include symptoms such as headaches or migraines, nausea, dizziness or light - headedness, sleep issues, behavior or mood changes, or cognitive or coordination problems.

These deficits may include: seizures, paralysis, coma, personality changes, hearing loss, vision loss, loss of taste, loss of smell, and cognitive or learning deficits.

Ms. Wong suffered soft tissue injuries, and a mild traumatic brain injury with later persistent symptoms of concussion including anxiety and depression, cognitive changes, sleep difficulties and significant personality change.

• Highly skilled in providing direction to students and enable them to study independently • Well versed in utilizing various instructional equipment and Audio Visual Aids effectively to reinforce learning in the classroom • Proficient in designing and implementing supportive learning activities in collaboration with the teacher • Competent at handling and addressing behavioral problems in young learners and enhancing motivation to learn • Thorough understanding of various cognitive and psychosocial developmental milestones connected with child's age along with associated needs • Hands on experience in activity moderation, teacher's assistance and progress record keeping • Substantial knowledge of various behavior control techniques and strategies • Efficient in designing and executing individualized correctional programs • Proven ability to devise need based learning strategies for physically or mentally challenged children • Demonstrated skills in classroom organization, testing and evaluation • Track record of conducting reinforcement lessons in small groups, covering core subjects including English, math and basic sciences • Excellent skills in analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of designed program and changing the instructional strategies based on the learner's response and progress • Expert in maintaining updated and fully structured classroom bulletin boards to facilitate learning • Adept at determining Individualized learning goals for each student and gauging progress in learning • Well practiced in communicating home assignments to students, answering their queries regarding the same and marking the work done • Effective listening skills along with profound ability to communicate clearly with students, parents and teachers involved

Professional Experience Valley Trauma Center (Van Nuys, CA) 2011 — Present In - Home Outreach Counselor • Provide prevention education and counseling at the individual, family and group level within both in - home and clinical settings while overseeing all case management services • Utilize various methods including humanistic, cognitive behavioral and family systems approaches • Assist group members in the discovery of internal sources of strength and ability to effectively cope with situational crises a well as modify self - defeating behavior • Set and achieve specific group - level goals while helping participants define concrete, meaningful developmental benchmarks, appraising on - going change processes and related dynamics, and connecting individual efforts to common themes • Manage 10 cases on a weekly basis while ensuring an initial visitation with clients within 48 hours of referral • Perform new program participant assessments and participate in all intake and discharge functions

Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.

Mike Leippe studies social influence and attitudes in several forms, including persuasion and self - justification (cognitive dissonance) processes involved in changes in attitudes, self - concept, and prejudice.

Areas of interest include: cognitive behavioral approaches to changing eating behaviors, binge eating, depression and anxiety.

My approach in facilitating awareness and growth with clients includes using intuitive knowledge coupled with psychotherapeutic and empirically - based approaches in counseling, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic and humanistic therapy, brief strategic, family systems, stages of change and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.»

The direct explanation could include immune and neurohormonal changes as well as amelioration in cognitive impairment (Janssens et al., 2003).

Several candidate mechanisms of CRCI have been proposed, including inflammation and cytokine dysregulation, chemotherapy - induced epigenetic changes, blood — brain barrier disruption, hormone deficiencies, oxidative DNA damage and shortened telomere length, and genetic susceptibility.21 — 26 However, the heterogeneity and design limitations within the emerging body of evidence have led to recommendations for harmonising study methodologies and moving towards multisite, longitudinal research.3 27 Such approaches would support the demonstration of robust relationships between measurable biological processes and cognitive outcomes.

In addition, autism results in change, including physiological, cognitive, emotional and behavioral changes and these changes persist throughout the lifespan [9][10].

• conduct a review of Commonwealth law and policy to identify where eligibility criteria need to change to ensure that people with FAS and FASD and other cognitive impairments can be included.

Childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse are among the strongest predictors of psychiatric pathology and severity of clinical course, including suicide.2,4 - 14 The influence of childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse on psychological development is thought to be mediated directly by changes in cognitive processing of threatening stimuli,15 - 18 resulting in enhanced negative affect to daily life stressors.19 Although there is a clear link between early - life adversity and psychopathology, very little is known about the molecular mechanisms responsible for the long - lasting behavioral consequences of childhood abuse.

Appropriate garnering of the stress response in anticipation of this social challenge would be expected based on previous data.8, 13,50 In the current study, this was observed only after the intervention, possibly because of intervention - induced changes in cognitive appraisal, including the value placed on peer interactions, attention to instructions about the peer entry task, self - assessment of skills to be used during the pending task, and emotion and behavior regulation during the stimulus presentation.

Common occupational therapy interventions include helping children with disabilities to participate fully in school and social situations, helping people recovering from an injury to regain skills, and providing supports for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.

It uniquely addresses cognitive, behavioral, and affective aspects of family life, incorporating effective processes of change from other models including: strategic and structural approaches, existential / emotive therapy, eco-systemic approaches, and cognitive behavioral approaches.

Factors that contribute to a particular child's antisocial behavior vary, but usually they include some form of family problems (e.g., marital discord, harsh or inconsistent disciplinary practices or actual child abuse, frequent changes in primary caregiver or in housing, learning or cognitive disabilities, or health problems).

Based on the treatment of unipolar depression, CBT has been used as an adjunct to medication in bipolar disorder.29 CBT emphasises personal skill development using cognitive strategies to challenge distorted thoughts that may lead to changes in mood.30 Behavioural strategies focus on responding to triggers and mood changes; these include strategies to increase activity levels when the patient is lethargic and depressed, and strategies to assist the patient to set small manageable goals.

We offer traditional talk therapy including psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and marriage, family and child counseling, as well as the newer approaches to behavioral change including Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy and Sex Counseling.

I am experienced in various evidence - based modalities including Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.I am passionate about educating people on the impact of trauma and helping individuals, children, couples and families recover from severe, debilitating traumatic experiences as well as everyday negative experiences that change the way we think and act; resulting in distress and impairment often in the form of anxiety, depression, anger and irritability, sleep disturbance, relationship problems and poor health.»

It is a period of biological, cognitive and social change of such magnitude and rapidity that it is no surprise to find that it is associated with the onset or exacerbation of a number of health - related problems including depression (1), eating disorders (2), substance abuse and dependence (3 — 5), risky sexual behaviour (6), antisocial and delinquent activity (7) and school dropout (8).