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The Birth of a Parent: Anxiety and Depression Before, During, and After Pregnancy

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Postpartum Depression is the most common complication of pregnancy, but it is often misunderstood, misdiagnosed and accompanied by feelings of shame. This webinar describes depression and anxiety disorders related to pregnancy. You will learn about the causes and symptoms related to these conditions and how to address them if you...

Post-Pandemic Anxiety

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You’re fully vaccinated, New York is reopening, and life is getting back to normal. So, why are you anxious? Instead of joy, you feel overwhelmed, stressed, and can’t stop asking yourself: How should I behave around others? Should I continue to physically distance? Should I shake a stranger’s hand? Do I even want to?

After more than a year of social distancing and without knowing who is fully vaccinated, returning to ‘normal’ may feel scary, especially if you already live with anxiety...

Prefrontal Cortex of Brain Provides Feedback to Redirect Attention

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To enable animals to shift their attention in response to changing circumstances, the prefrontal cortex of the brain helps keep track of which types of stimuli have recently been most relevant, suggests a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. This discovery could lead to new treatments to help restore cognitive flexibility.

“Animals and people make split-second decisions about what to do in changing circumstances and what to pay attention...

Mind & Body: From Cognitive Deficits to Stroke, Some COVID Patients Face Serious Neurological Symptoms

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By Amy Crawford

Last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York City with full force, Dr. Daniel MacGowan, a neurologist specializing in neuromuscular disease, was asked to consult in a COVID...

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