this review based upon studies searched from the major scientific libraries has the objective of clarifying what is fitness training in modern days, the implications that it has on health in both youth and elderly and finally discuss fitness training practical implications.the prisma statement was partially adopted and a number of 92 items were selected, according to the inclusion criteria. res...

In this issue, papers by Shulman and colleaugues (2016); Nelson t al. (2016) present theoretical accounts of developmental changes n risk-taking behavior and in social behavior, respectively. Both apers synthesize a large volume of neuroimaging literature in rder to illuminate mechanisms of developmental change, and hey highlight the incredibly rapid pace of research in developental cognitive n...

iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to use this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who supported me throughout the course of this biomedical engineering project. I would never been able to finish this project without the guidance of my mentor Dr. Nealen Laxpati, committee members Drs. Robert Gross and Robert Butera, and support from computational neuroscience training program (CNTP). ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether privately practising speech-language therapists in South Africa are fulfilling their role of identification, assessment and intervention for adolescents with written-language and reading difficulties. Further needs concerning training with regard to this population group were also determined. METHOD A survey study was conducted, using a self-administered quest...

Adolescent anxiety is common, impairing and costly. Given the scale of adolescent anxiety and its impact, fresh innovations for therapy are in demand. Cognitive Bias Modification of Interpretations (CBM-I) studies of adults show that by training individuals to endorse benign interpretations of ambiguous situations can improve anxious mood-states particularly in response towards stress. While, t...

psychotherapy has long been an essential component of clinical psychiatry and many young physicians choose to train in psychiatry residency programs in order to acquire necessary knowledge and skills, and become competent psychotherapists. recent advances in psychopharmacology and neuroscience, and growing dominance of managed care and evidence-based medicine have had dramatic impacts on health...