Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

The “problematic” use of social networking sites is increasing among young Europeans, who are also at risk of developing addictions to online gaming, the World Health Organization warned today.

New WHO/Europe report indicates need for healthier online habits among adolescents

Nine-year-old Alessia Ramos gently pets a hamster at a Mexican hospital where animals ranging from Australian parakeets to a Siberian Husky are being used to provide mental health therapy.

"It helps me to relieve my anxiety, to control my emotions, to relax and be more focused," said Ramos, who has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

Children living in Romanian state institutions are far more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD compared with those from the general population.

The rift in Turkey's relations with the United States - prompted by its decision to acquire a Russian missile defense system in defiance of Washington's objections - in tandem with the consolidation of the Greece-Cyprus-Israel alliance  has, not unjustifiably, raised national expectations over Greece's geopolitical future.

Foreign art writers and curators have been paying attention to Greece for a few years now, curious about what kind of art the crisis and a number of significant events have resulted in. But the fact is that they have tended to focus their curiosity on contemporary art, graffiti and photography.

The latest report from the parliament’s budget office is a slap in the face for the Greek government and its negotiating tactics. The report warns that any further delays in the completion of the second review would lead to a fourth memorandum, while noting that the procrastination would result be more costly.

Given how matters have been handled by the government so far, the cabinet reshuffle would have been a failure from the get go.

For instance, if it were a stock market move the outcome would have been a foregone conclusion and hence it would have been flopped.

Content creation matters because we are living in an attention economy. Attention economics is an approach to the management of information that treats human attention as a scarce commodity, and applies economic theory to solve various information management problems. Put simply by Matthew Crawford, "Attention is a resource?a person has only so much of it.