The Over-diagnosis and Over-treatment of ADHD
There has been a significant increase in both the diagnosis of ADHD and the use of stimulant (and other medications) to treat ADHD. A number of recent studies have highlighted…
Cognitive Control, Brain Exercise and ADHD: Here we go again!
A recent article in the New York Times, which has been circulating among therapists suggests the benefits of “exercising the mind” to treat ADHD. While this idea is tremendously appealing,…
Ethical Challenges Posed by Technology & Social media
Today’s therapists have the opportunity and challenge of using a variety of tools that did not exist (or were not readily accessible) 10 years ago. Many private practitioners have websites…
ADHD in the News: A Chicago Tribune Article on ADHD
A 2013 article on ADHD in the Chicago Tribune provides some reasonably solid information about the treatment of ADHD, despite a somewhat alarmist headline, “ADHD diagnoses rising: Researchers seek causes…
Does anything but medication help with ADHD symptoms?
Unfortunately, the answer appears to be, “not really.” Several sources of data suggest that there is not strong evidence to support the use of non-pharmacological interventions to treat core ADHD…