Sentences with phrase «of social impairment»

This paper analyzes the level of social impairment (index of broader autism phenotype), the risk of internalizing and externalizing problems (index of psychological adjustment) and the parenting distress in an Italian sample of siblings of children with high - functioning ASD (n = 26).

Indeed, young children who manifest severe and pervasive forms of aggression demonstrate significant levels of social impairment and are therefore significantly more likely to develop subsequent mental health problems.

It can make people scared to death of food, and I really think we have sort of this pseudo-eating disorder sort of thing presenting itself with a lot of, I see this with a lot of my patients where they are scared to death to eat anything off plan, and that really does have some major health implications because it creates a lot of stress, and it creates a lot of social impairment, and those have been clinically shown to really be deleterious for your health.

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

We observed that excessive televiewing at age 13 tends to complicate the situation, posing additional risks of social impairment,» demonstrated the principal investigator of the study.

It measures one area of social impairment: a person's ability to perceive other people's mental states as communicated by their eyes.

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.

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(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.)

Claims for Social Security Disability Insurance — which pays out $ 143 billion each year to more than 11 million Americans unable to work because of a serious illness or impairment — have been ticking upward.

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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.

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.»

She is also the Director of the UCLA PEERS Clinic, which is an outpatient hospital - based clinic providing parent - assisted social skills training for adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other social impairments.

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.

One of the hallmark features of autism spectrum disorders is social impairments.

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A study shows, for the first time, how these functional impairments arise: Social isolation during early life prevents the cells that make up the brain's white matter from maturing and producing the right amount of myelin, the fatty «insulation» on nerve fibers that helps them transmit long - distance messages within the brain.

As they get older, the children of depressed mothers may have language delays, behavior problems, and social impairments.

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.

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).

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.

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.»

These individuals experience significant challenges throughout adulthood, including unemployment, social impairment and poor quality of life.

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.

The tool could pave the way for early interventions that prevent and treat a range of physical, psychological, social, and cognitive impairments.

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.

This will enable people with mild cognitive impairments to live more independently, and the robots will also help with activities that can improve quality of life, such as exercise and social visits.

Although cancer - related cognitive impairment, sometimes referred to as chemo brain or post-cancer cognitive fuzziness, is common among survivors — disrupting social relationships, work ability, self - confidence, and quality of life — clinicians have few treatment options to offer.

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

The adolescents with ASD also had increased connectivity between the regions of the MNS and ToM, suggesting that ToM - MNS «cross talk» might be associated with social impairment.

The hope is that by understanding the molecular basis of Coffin - Siris syndrome, scientists will gain a deeper understanding of more common diseases involving intellectual and social impairment.

ASD patients show a triad of impairments: impaired social interaction with others, impaired verbal and nonverbal communication, and impaired play and imaginative activities.

They suggest that the diagnostic criteria for autism, which emphasize social and communicative impairment, may fail to consider the broad spectrum of problems children with autism experience.

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.

Older people with HIV are more likely to experience mental health and neurocognitive impairments than other people of the same age, as well as more social isolation.

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.

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.

«The study evaluated the prevalence of hearing and vision problems and whether these sensory impairments are linked to social activity.

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.

Their findings indicate a pattern of white matter damage and gray matter atrophy associated with this specific impairment of social cognition after TBI.

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

Such models are likely relevant to the cognitive impairments (episodic memory) and negative symptoms (social functioning) of schizophrenia, and may be useful for the evaluation of novel antipsychotics.

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.