Attention Deficit Disorder

Wonderful News: DSM 5 Finally Begins Its Belated and Necessary Retreat

Allen Frances | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Eating Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression, Psychosis Risk, Anxiety, Dsm 5, Science News
Allen Frances

Sigh of relief. The DSM 5 website announced Wednesday morning that two of its most controversial proposals have finally been dropped. We have dodged bullets on "psychosis risk" and "mixed anxiety depression." Both are now definitively rejected as official DSM 5 diagnoses.

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Lynne Peeples

Lead Poisoning Prevention Funds Slashed, Costly Consequences For Children's Health

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Federal Funding, Toxic Chemicals, Lead, Lead Poisoning, Cdc, Learning Disabilities, Violence, Adhd, Attention Deficit Disorder, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Children's Health, Green News

When Devon Owens checked his then 2-year-old daughter, Dallas, into the hospital last year, he wasn't sure what to expect. He just knew that routine m...

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Taming the ADD Epidemic

Allen Frances | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Quality Control, Dsm 5, Over-Medication, Attention Deficit Disorder, Over-Diagnosis, Stimulant Medication, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adhd, Add Epidemic, Healthy Living News
Allen Frances

Martin Whitely offers a proven public health cure for this false "epidemic" of diagnosis and treatment, one that has already worked wonders in his native state of Western Australia.

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Attention Deficit Disorder Is Over-Diagnosed and Over-Treated

Allen Frances | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Dsm 5, Attention Deficit Disorder, Over-Diagnosis, Stimulant Medication, Over-Medication-Children, Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Allen Frances

ADD has clearly become a public health problem. It is much less clear the degree to which the increased rates are real vs. being a manufactured fad. We have no definitive way to give precise weights to the three options or to determine what is the true rate of ADD.

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Why It Bugs Me When People Say: "I Must Have A.D.D.!"

Lori Day | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder, Rudeness, Social Skills, Manners, Add, Adult ADD, Adult ADHD, Adhd, Faking ADD, Culture News
Lori Day

There seems to be an outbreak of self-diagnosed A.D.D. among individuals who simply have no manners. What is going on? Do I need to put Ritalin in my tic-tac dispenser and offer it to the afflicted?

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ADHD: The Medication Helps Daddy, Too

Kergan Edwards-Stout | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: ADD Medications, Adhd, ADD Drugs, Add, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Medicating Kids, Children ADHD Drugs, Attention-Deficit Disorder, Kids ADHD Drugs, Children ADHD Medications, Adhd Medications, Medicating Children, Kids ADHD Medications, ADHD Drugs, Video, Parents News
Kergan Edwards-Stout

We finally decided to try the pharmaceuticals available, only to be met with warnings from countless well-meaning people, none of whom actually had children with ADHD. I began to feel as if, in some small way, they were judging our parenting skills and finding fault.

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Psychiatric Diagnosis by the People's Choice

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: American Psychiatric Association, Psychiatry, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression, Asperger's Syndrome, Dsm-Iv, Dsm 4, Dsm Criteria, Dsm Iv, Dsm Diagnosis, Dsm V, DSM IV TR, Dsm, Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Lawrence Diller, M.D.

The American Psychiatric Association plans to release the newest edition of America's psychiatric bible, the DSM, in 2013. The effort to determine what constitutes normal and abnormal behavior in America is apparently an ongoing process.

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Do You Know Someone With Adult ADD/ADHD?

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Adults With ADD, Adhd, Adults With ADHD, Attention Deficit Disorder, Add, Ritalin, Fifty News, Adderal, Huff/Post50 News

Even when Tillie Feldman of Los Angeles was a child, she knew she was different than other kids. She feared nothing, showed no deference to authority ...

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The Magic Spell of a Pretty Face

Sam Sommers | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Attractiveness, Research, New Research, Good Looks, Brain Science, Pixar, Babies, Physical Appearance, Attraction, Physical Attraction, Attention, Squirrel, Brain, Seinfeld, Magic Spell, George Costanza, Situations Matter, Attention Deficit Disorder, Romantic Relationships, Relationships, Psychology, Social Psychology, Eyesight, Bias, Fish, Video, Science News
Sam Sommers

We love to look at good-looking people. Hardly an earth-shattering conclusion, I know. But it's a well-documented one: Attractive people grab our attention.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: This Is Your Brain On ADHD

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Dopamine, Add, Video, Adult ADHD, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Norepinephrine, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Science, Adhd, Attention Deficit Disorder, Cara Santa Maria, Drug Abuse, Ritalin, Adderall, Education News

2011-12-30-caracarafjgkfgjkfjgirjgijfigfjgifjgjirjgjrijgifjgfjgjfkjcara.jpgAre more kids showing symptoms of ADHD? Or have they always had the disorder, but now more and more kids are being appropriately diagnosed?

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Students Are Bored

Larry Strauss | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Attention Deficit Disorder, Childrens Health, Children Attention Span, Attention Span, Children's Attention, Children Overstimulation, Education News
Larry Strauss

A former student of mine, now a police officer and a volunteer assistant basketball coach, disappeared a few seasons ago for several months. He was assigned suddenly by narcotics to go undercover in a local high school.

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Can Mindfulness Help Manage ADHD?

Ronald Alexander, Ph.D. | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Adhd, Adult ADHD, Mindfulness, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Meditaiton, Mindfulness Meditation, Meditation and Add, Meditation, Meditation and Adhd, Video, Healthy Living News
Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.

When I recommend patients consider starting a mindfulness meditation practice, usually the first objection I hear is, "Oh, I could never mediate -- I'm too restless to be able to sit still long enough."

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Women With ADD

George Sachs, Psy.D. | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Adhd, Attention Deficit Disorder, Add, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Healthy Living Health News, Women With Add, Women With Adhd, Adhd and Women, Add and Women, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News
George Sachs, Psy.D.

Women with ADD are often overlooked when they are young girls and, unfortunately, are not typically diagnosed with the disorder until they are adults.

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Dr. Daniel G. Amen: 'Going With The Crowd...Total Waste Of Neurons'

The Huffington Post | Debra Ollivier and Evan Allis | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Brain Imaging, Health Post50, 10 Big Questions, Spect, Attention Deficit Disorder, Brain Science, Amen Clinic, UC Irvine, Daniel Amen, Huff/Post50 News

For Daniel G. Amen -– psychiatrist, self-help advisor and medical director of the Amen Clinic –- the simple act of evaluating patients with the he...

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The Ritalin Wars: Understanding America's Adderall Obsession

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Psychiatric Drugs, Attention Deficit Disorder, Adhd, Hyperactivity, Add, Ritalin, Adderall, Healthy Living Mind, Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Lawrence Diller, M.D.

Children with extreme degrees of impulsivity, distractibility and hyperactivity are easy to diagnose with ADHD. However because these behaviors vary (from none to many) in a bell shaped distribution curve, most of ADHD diagnosed in this country is of the mild variety.

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5 Tips For College Students With ADHD

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: University, Accommodations, Suggestions, Adhd, Add, College, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Tips, Attention Deficit Disorder, School, Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.

In many college classes, it is "sink or swim." You get with the program, or you get kicked out of the program. Not exactly conducive to the success of the college student with ADHD.

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Kids Are Wired Differently

John M. Eger | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Internet, Attention Deficit Disorder, Education Reform, Apple Ipad, Technology, Dyslexia, Education News
John M. Eger

Unless we use technology to reinvent our current systems of education, we all will suffer as more people are left behind the learning curve, and behind the mainstream of world economic development.

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Is It ADD Or Your Blackberry?

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Is It ADD, Mental Health, Adhd, Attention, Adult ADHD, Adult ADD, Add, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Is It ADHD, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living Mind, Healthy Living News
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.

Is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) a real thing, or is it just a byproduct of the times we live in? We have overcommitted, over-scheduled and overextended ourselves. Have we been conditioned to be an ADHD/ADD society?

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Signs And Symptoms Of ADHD

Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Symptoms of Adhd, ADHD in Children, Adhd Symptoms, Attention Deficit Disorder, Child Behavior, Back to School, Parents-Back-to-School, Parents News

ADHD has become the catch all term for what is actually three similar disorders, each with different symptoms: inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impu...

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Is It ADHD, OCD Or Both?

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Adhd Ocd, Ocd, Adhd Ocd Difference, Attention Deficit Disorder, Mental Health, Adhd, Ocd Adhd Difference, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Healthy Living News
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.

Sometimes people with ADHD tend to have what look like compulsive tendencies. This is because we've learned to overcompensate for difficulties that we've experienced with distraction, disorganization and inattention.

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15 Signs You May Have Adult ADHD

Health.com | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Adult ADD, Adult ADHD, Symptoms of Adult Adhd, Adhd Adult, 15 Signs of Adult Adhd, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Slidepollajax, Adhd, Attention Deficit Disorder, Adult Attention Deficit Disorder, Adhd Adults, Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Healthy Living News

About 4 percent of adults have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and many others have never been diagnosed. (About half of kids with AD...

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The Need to Question Supposed Certain Sex 'Conditions'

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Blogosphere, Female Sexual Disorder, Askmen, Add, Johnson & Johnson, Dsm-Iv, Attention Deficit Disorder, Sadd, Porn-Enabled Orgasm, Sex Expert, CNN Blogger, American Psychiatric Association, Sexual Attention Deficit Disorder, Porn, Ian Kerner, Sex, Healthy Living Body, Healthy Living News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

The latest to get called out on concocting a condition is CNN blogger and sex expert Ian Kerner, who elicited harsh reactions with Sexual Attention Deficit Disorder (SADD).

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10 Things To Do For Adult ADHD

Health | Sarah Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 10 Things Adult Adhd, Adult ADD, Adult ADHD, Mental Health, Adhd Adult, Adhd Medications, Adult Adhd Treatment, Slidepollajax, Adhd, Attention Deficit Disorder, Adult ADHD Issues, Home News

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be incredibly disruptive in everyday adult life. Most people with ADHD respond well to medi...

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Forgetting Things? 3 Strategies To Outsmart Memory Loss

Sara Davidson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aging, Age-Related Memory Loss, Distractibility, Memory Loss, Memory, Forgetfulness, Memory Tricks, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's, Mindfulness, Attention Deficit Disorder, A.d.d. Adult a.d.d., Adult Attention Deficit Disorder, Uni-Tasking, Healthy Living News
Sara Davidson

The good news was that I did remember; it just took time. The bad news was that this was the most egregious of an accelerating string of memory lapses.

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Is Daddy An A-Hole?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Add, Adhd, Family Therapy, Relationships, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Family Counseling, Attention Deficit Disorder, Family, Healthy Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

I have been seeing increasingly more a-holes in my coaching practice. I know what you're thinking: Why would they ever go to a shrink for advice or help?

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