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…
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…
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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…
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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…
https://youtu.be/-orJLnCgGJw In 'Words for Wellbeing Animation' Professor Courtenay Norbury talks about the connections between Developmental Language Disorder and social, emotional and mental health difficulties. And importantly what parents and professionals can do.
Who doesn't need someone to talk to during these stressful times and who better could that someone be but someone who's travelled your road either before you, along side you, or following on behind. If you live in Australia and…
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…
It's been hypothesised that XXY's are biological females dressed in male clothing, that being so we ask you keep in mind when reading how an XXY experience might have greater similarity to females than males, of course none of this…
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This narrative review suggests that a lack of or late diagnosis remains a critical problem in relation to KS. Whilst prenatal screening techniques may improve future diagnosis, current low levels of diagnosis remain problematic, particularly for the possibility of improving physical and mental health outcomes. This is particularly important as those with KS are reported to have poorer health outcomes than the general population across a range of measures, including quality of life and comorbidities result in a decreased life expectancy for those with the disorder. The perception that all persons with KS will demonstrate “textbook” signs is viewed as compromising the ability of patients to obtain a diagnosis
If you are a Doctor And consider yourself an expert in all things XXY, then you will never learn anything about us. Adult XXY's often have adversarial relationships with physicians. If you have a patient like that, don't take it…
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