Trouble focusing when upset may signal anxiety and depression symptoms in youth

Health technology can be useful, but it becomes risky when people mistake consumer sensors for medical devices. The key is understanding what the data actually shows and what it doesn’t.

Reporting

Phys.org Medical Research reports that Trouble focusing when upset may signal anxiety and depression symptoms in youth. How a child focuses when upset is far more revealing about their mental health than how they focus when calm, according to FIU psychologists. In a new study published in Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, psychology Ph.D. candidate Krystyna Keller set out to validate the use of a self-report survey originally designed for adults to… The key issue is evidence: what the device measures, how reliable the measurement is, who can safely use it, and where medical guidance is still needed.

The Details

• Phys.org Medical Research: Trouble focusing when upset may signal anxiety and depression symptoms in youth
• How a child focuses when upset is far more revealing about their mental health than how they focus when calm, according to FIU psychologists. In a new study published in Journal of

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