MindMetrix Makes Mental Health Assessment Easy, Personal, and Confidential

May 01, 2024

We are excited to announce the launch of MindMetrix, a comprehensive mental health screening and assessment tool that can support mental health consumers in identifying possible explanations for their symptoms ...

Unhealthy Relationship Patterns

April 29, 2024

Marriage researcher John Gottman believes we can predict divorce by identifying the presence of four devastating relationship behaviors. Harmful patterns of abusive, criticism, contempt, or stonewalling can threaten a relationship ...

Living with Insomnia

April 19, 2024

After a long day, you look forward to sliding into bed, getting some shuteye and gaining the chance to face the day with fresh eyes tomorrow. Instead, you toss and turn for ...

Consequences of Untreated Mental Illness

April 11, 2024

Stigma, shame, embarrassment, and poverty can all play a role in the decision not to seek treatment, as well as the inability to find quality care and counseling. With more than half of all mental illnesses left totally untreated ...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

March 27, 2024

Complaints of chronic fatigue are commonly expressed by patients to both their physicians and mental health therapists. It is a rare day when one of my patients does not report that she has trouble ...

Sexual Assault and Mental Health

March 20, 2024

Social media feeds had been flooded with the hashtag #MeToo after allegations were made against some powerful Hollywood executives and actors. In a show of solidarity, women, and some ...

5 Myths About ADHD

March 13, 2024

Fifty years ago, many people had never even heard of ADHD. The idea of an available ADHD test online was clearly not yet fathomable. Many communities thought one ...

The Connection Between Traumatic Brain Injuries and ADHD

March 06, 2024

The brain is a plastic organ that changes and reacts to its environment. In recent years, researchers have become increasingly interested in how brain injuries can affect development well into one’s adulthood ...

How Comprehensive Screening Impacts Patient Experience

February 29, 2024

This research was conducted to evaluate how a digital screening process designed at the Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine (RCBM) impacted the patient experience, and to identify the factors which make for a successful screening program ...

Military and Mental Health

February 21, 2024

With suicide rates dramatically rising and increased attention to the violence of veterans who struggle with mental illness, the military has been under increased pressure to provide readily available access to mental health ...

Identification and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

February 14, 2024

The right diagnostic criteria are essential to correctly diagnosing bipolar. Only with a correct diagnosis can you then proceed to clinically recommended treatment. So clinicians must take as much time as necessary to diagnose the disorder ...

Preventing ADHD Under- and Over-Diagnosis With the Right Screening Tools

February 07, 2024

Importance of this research Table of Contents Welcome About the Study Methodology Findings Takeaways Mental health misdiagnosis is an ongoing problem. Research shows that ADHD is both under-diagnosed and over-diagnosed. The results ...