What Does Santa Think About ADHD Drugs?
NEWS FLASH (North Pole, Somewherereallycold)-- According to sources at the North Pole, Santa is not happy about the growing use of ADHD drugs. As you know, long ago, he had made his list and checked it...
View ArticleThe Presumption of Incompetence: Why Traditional ADHD Treatments Fail
While there are flaws to this belief (see my previous blogs), the most popular and accepted view of ADHD is that the behavioral criteria provide evidence of a biological delay that renders individuals...
View ArticleTake the ADHD “Test”: An Inside Look at ADHD’s Diagnosis
Just so we are clear, on page 61 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the "creators" of the diagnosis for ADHD (the American Psychiatric Association - APA), admit there...
View ArticleI Would Have ADHD, If It Existed
In The Blaze, Matt Walsh insists that he's got ADHD as much as anyone has ADHD, and then makes the argument that ADHD doesn't exist. "Let’s establish one thing up front: I have Attention Deficit...
View Article“Sales of ADHD Meds Are Skyrocketing. Here’s Why.”
The business of diagnosing and treating ADHD is experiencing "hyperactive growth," reports Mother Jones. The article points to drug company promotional efforts, expanded diagnostic criteria, the appeal...
View ArticleNo, There is no Such Thing as ADHD
No, there is no such thing as ADHD. Somewhere along the line we have lost the understanding that kids come in all shapes and sizes. Some kids are active, some are quiet; some kids are dreamers, others...
View ArticleFluoridated Water Linked With Higher ADHD Rates
A large epidemiological study in Environmental Health has linked higher levels of exposure to fluoride in drinking water with higher ADHD rates in children and adolescents in the US. In Newsweek, a...
View ArticleHow Young is Too Young? Part 1: Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs – Infancy to...
Do you remember feeling pressure as a child to do better at school, fit in socially, or behave more appropriately? Making the right decision was not always as easy as adults and cheerful children's...
View Article“The New York Times and the ADHD Epidemic”
In a commentary in Society, MIA Bloggers Jonathan Leo and Jeffrey Lacasse review the New York Times' history of reporting on ADHD and the ensuing epidemic of ADHD. "It is certainly heartening that that...
View ArticleExercise Appears Beneficial in Reducing ADHD Symptoms Over Time
Two studies found that, though the effects may be small, exercise seems to have positive effects on reducing problematic symptoms of ADHD. In the Journal of Attention Disorders, German researchers...
View Article3 Facts All Parents Should Know About ADHD Stimulant Drugs
Medicating children for a host of mental disorders has become very popular in some parts of the USA. More than 8 million kids from 6 months to 17 years of age are on pharmaceutical drugs in this...
View ArticlePerception of Mental Disorders as ‘Contagious’ Leads to Isolation
Willingness to interact with someone with a mental health diagnosis may be tied to the misperception that disorders can be transferred from one person to another, according to a new study published in...
View ArticleThe Inherent Unreliability of the ADHD Label
I imagine that everybody on this side of the issue knows by now that the eminent psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, Chief Psychiatrist at Columbia, and past President of the APA, called Robert...
View ArticleYou, Your Kids, or the Doctor… Who’s Running the Show?
How to Stay Smarter than a 5th Grader & Not Drug Kids for Acting like Kids They say the most fruitful discussions in life happen when common ground is found. So for you parents out there and...
View ArticlePrescription Stimulant Use is Associated with Earlier Onset of Psychosis
Individuals diagnosed with psychotic disorders have an earlier onset of psychosis if they have previously been exposed to prescription stimulants, according to new research currently in press in the...
View ArticleQuestions Remain About New “Smart Drug” Modafinil Safety
A number of news outlets have been reporting on a review of modafinil, labeled the new "smart drug," this week. The review in question summarized the recent literature on the drug but others have...
View ArticleStudy Claims Marijuana Can Treat “ADHD”
A small study of 30 participants in Germany claims that cannabis can be used to treat “ADHD” because it increases the availability of dopamine. "This then has the same effect but is a different...
View Article“Move Over Big Pharma Amphetamines — Cannabis Successfully Treats ADHD in...
At Alternet, Jay Syrmopoulos of The Free Thought Project discusses new research on the use of medical marijuana as a treatment for ADHD within the context of the ongoing debate over the validity of the...
View Article“Companies Seek FDA Approval for Brain Games to Treat ADHD”
Two companies have committed to FDA review for video games that they claim can be used to treat “ADHD,” but many scientists remain skeptical. “At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child...
View ArticleBeyond ADHD: Moving Past the DSM Paradigm of Mental Illness
A paradigm is a way of thinking about things. For the past 60 or so years, our thinking about mental health and illness has been dominated by what can be referred to as the "DSM (Diagnostic and...
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