by Joseph Yeretsian, MD FAPA | Apr 25, 2019 | Attention and Learning, College Counseling
ADHD in College Women: 5 Things You Should Know Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a hard-working, successful young woman heads off to college…and everything falls apart. Not that funny, right? Unfortunately, for many women with ADHD, this is their story....
by Joseph Yeretsian, MD FAPA | Mar 25, 2019 | Insomnia
In July 2016, the American College of Physicians (ACP) conducted a review of randomized, controlled trials for insomnia treatment in English occurring from 2004 to September 2015, and arrived at the recommendation that Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)...
by Joseph Yeretsian, MD FAPA | Jan 2, 2019 | Attention and Learning, College Counseling
With a new semester beginning, campus-adjacent pharmacies might do well to stock up on ADHD medications. The startling truth is that the prevalence of ADHD medications on college campuses is astounding and may reflect dangerous misuses of the drugs. “Study...
by Joseph Yeretsian, MD FAPA | Nov 27, 2016 | Adolescence
The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, said to be the largest long-term study focusing on brain development and health of children in the United States, has recently started recruiting for volunteers. This landmark study, spearheaded by the National...
by Joseph Yeretsian, MD FAPA | Nov 25, 2016 | Attention and Learning
Finding the right medications is important in any treatment. Medications for patients with bipolar disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could aggravate symptoms of the co-occurring illness. Currently, per the NIMH, bipolar disorder affects 2.6%...
