Bridge Not Reflecting new files and frequent crashes

I'm a long time user of Adobe Bridge, basically since it first was introduced.  Over the last year I've run into a consistent problem with Bridge that is making it a big problem to use. And recently I found out a friend who teaches Photography at 2 high schools has been having the same issues. 
1) If I have Bridge open to show the Photoshop files in a folder it often will not update and reflect new files. For instance if I save V1, V2 etc of a working file not all of those files will show up. The same thing happens when I add JPEGs to a folder of images I need to work on. 
The solution has been to quit and restart Bridge, which becomes a bit of a pain. 
(And yes, I can confirm the files are there by checking in the Finder.)
2) Bridge frequently crashes. Quite often it's just random. I will have it open while working on a file in Photoshop etc and will see Bridge has crashed. Other times it's when do something like simply renaming a file. 
These behaviors have been persistent no matter how often I update Bridge. And it's the same with the Beta version of Bridge as well. 
For my friend this presents a big problem as he has to waste considerable time in his classes resolving these issues. 
Any idea how we can find a solution?