Episode 85
85: Impact of Narcolepsy on Social Relationship Health in Adolescents
March 24, 202314m 30s
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Show Notes
Welcome to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice.
In this episode, we spoke with Eric Zhou, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He spoke on a recently conducted study assessing the link between narcolepsy in adolescents and social relationship health. Specifically, he talked about how the sleep disorder impacts mood, physical activities, driving, and other long-term health outcomes, as well as ways we can help adolescents with narcolepsy at the earliest stages.
Looking for more narcolepsy discussion? Check out the NeurologyLive® narcolepsy clinical focus page.
Episode Breakdown:
In this episode, we spoke with Eric Zhou, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He spoke on a recently conducted study assessing the link between narcolepsy in adolescents and social relationship health. Specifically, he talked about how the sleep disorder impacts mood, physical activities, driving, and other long-term health outcomes, as well as ways we can help adolescents with narcolepsy at the earliest stages.
Looking for more narcolepsy discussion? Check out the NeurologyLive® narcolepsy clinical focus page.
Episode Breakdown:
- 1:20 – Identified links between narcolepsy and social relationships
- 3:05 – Long-term impacts of affected mood, physical activities, and driving
- 4:15 – Current assessment of narcolepsy in adolescents
- 5:30 – Neurology News Minute
- 8:05 – Attempts to prevent narcolepsy at earliest stages
- 9:15 – Implementing programs in school to help adolescents with narcolepsy
- 11:20 – Future research on narcolepsy in younger populations
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The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here:
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