Developmental Language Disorder and Mental Health

Will every person diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) struggle with their mental health? How do you support a loved one with mental health challenges? What do health professionals and educators need to know about working with people with DLD who also have mental health issues? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-orJLnCgGJw In this very practical episode of The Talking …

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Depression Causes Inflammation and Metabolic Imbalances

For those in the community who find themselves piling on weight with or without of exogenous sex hormones, could this be a more probably cause? Scientists have discovered that depressed individuals show higher levels of inflammation as well as elevated fat concentrations in their bloodstreams. They also demonstrated that people with anxiety don’t have the …

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Children with ADHD can now be prescribed a video game

The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted marketing of the first game-based digital therapeutic device to improve attention function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The prescription-only game-based device, called EndeavorRx, is indicated for paediatric patients ages 8 to 12 years old with primarily inattentive or combined-type ADHD who have demonstrated an …

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COVID19 Journals: The lived experience of the Genetic, Undiagnosed and Rare Disease Community

A collaborative research project between Australian Genomics,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)& Genetic Support Network of Victoria (GSNV) Do you have a Genetic, Undiagnosed or Rare Disease?Do you care for someone with a Genetic, Undiagnosed or Rare Disease?Are you part of a Support Group for people with a Genetic, Undiagnosed or Rare Disease and their carers? …

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A World Without Meaning.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1226747625577340929 Sadly the XXY community is awash with people like Callie where parents, siblings, loved ones and work colleagues complain about not "getting us" most within the community are medicated with anti depressive and /or amphetamines, resulting in our creativity being quenched. Those who are impacted struggle to fit in, to blend but, as her …

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