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Live AD/HD Feed on TwitterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here's a live Twitter search I've been experimenting with. Many people comment on AD/HD in their daily lives on Twitter. Some accept it; some deny it. Some mock it; some praise it. I've filtered the search to leave out the several million blog posts so you should be able to get a good idea of what real people think about the subject by looking over the stream. It's likely not work safe, but any attempts to filter out cuss words have them posted in bold at the top of the page when you "Join the conversation". It made me laugh out loud. So terribly NOT what I had intended. new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'search', sea...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 20, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

ADHD & Sleep Disorders in ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study examined sleep problems in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.The Italian study involved 55 children with ADHD. They had an average age of about 9 years. They completed a sleep interview and were monitored during an overnight sleep study.Results show that most of the children had disturbed, fragmentary sleep at night. The authors found a significant difference in almost all sleep variables between ADHD children and controls. Fifty percent of the children struggled with restlessness; 21 percent had a complaint of snoring; and about 12 percent had leg discomfort at night related to restless le...
Source: Sleep Education - November 19, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: parasomnias ADHD children Source Type: blogs

Mailbag: An Anxious Cry For HelpEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Despite what others may think of me in my local community and family, I am not the mess I used to be. I have come a long way. I have still a long way to go, but I am happier and better and more productive today—more so now than in any time in my life. I take no medications, and in truth shun them. They made my life worse. I live in fear of side-effects and worry about my readers who write about the cocktails they take to deal with all the side-effects yet they still are no better off for them. Mental illness is a difficult malady to overcome, yet there is hope if we can find focus and motivation to tackle it. The other d...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 17, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Photography Mind Over Mood Depression Anxiety Coping Strategies ADHD Source Type: blogs

ADHD - should nurses take over diagnosis and management?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the United States, approximately 9% of the school-age population is diagnosed with ADHD. It's the most commonly diagnosed behavioral condition in children today. Twice as many boys are diagnosed with ADHD as girls.ConcertaThe race continues in the USA to get 5 million children on psychoactive medication for behaviour problems. Drug companies in the UK are not allowed to advertise directly to the general public but the internet means that is only a theoretical restriction. In the USA, the makes of Concerta have a highly sophisticated pitch aimed directly at parents. Listen to the soothing guitar music as the virtue of me...
Source: NHS Blog Doctor - November 17, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: Concerta methylphenidate nurse prescribing ADHD Source Type: blogs

Living the AD/HD Hunter Analogy—or How Castle Distracted MeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ah, do you smell it? The scent of The Hunt? Do you hear the crisp, cool clacking of the keyboard, and feel the eyes darting over the glowing screen seeking out clues… Nothing thrills my AD/HD mind more than the solving a puzzle in The Hunt. As an art geek of sorts, I love pen & ink. I write notes with an old school fountain pen. I prefer the skritch of metallic nib on paper over the tactile-less glide of stylus over pad. Maybe one day soon I'll take my art gear and go out and actually draw something again. When I came across the Dux Variable Precision Sharpener and successfully hunted it down, I set off a chain react...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 16, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Upsides Boredom Fun Distractions ADHD Source Type: blogs

In Which Douglas Pretends to Write a Short Entry About Free Books & FertilizerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ideally, this is a short entry because I'm supposedly working as much as I can on my novel. We'll see how that goes. The spirit is willing, but the mind is weak.You may not have caught it earlier, but I was asked to review a book for ADDitude Magazine. That review is now up on their site (See Trainwreck - My Life As an Idoit). It's short & sweet and hopefully not shared here too late for Claire, who won the book a few weeks ago. Give it a read and let me know what you think of it. Speaking of winning things, I'm giving out free books here. Are you sure you want to lurk? It's not as if I'm giving out old copies of TV Guide,...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 13, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Music Pharmacology Writing Goals ADHD Source Type: blogs

Yale Researcher Links Childhood ADHD To Adult Crime, Drug DealingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion: Our study provides the first evidence using a nationally representative dataset of the long term consequences on criminal activities of childhood ADHD. Our results are quite robust to a number of specification checks. Limitations of our study include that our measures of ADHD are retrospective, we have no information on treatment for ADHD, and it remains possible that our results are confounded by unmeasured variables. "Implications: Our results suggest that children showing ADHD symptoms should be viewed as a group at high risk of poor outcomes as young adults. As such, a good case can be made for targeting i...
Source: Furious Seasons - November 13, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

What Has Helped Me with Adult ADDEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths This is from someone I coached. Thought some of you might find it helpful. Pete What Has Helped Me with Adult ADD Hi, I don’t know if you have adult ADD or ADHD (I have ADD), but I sure feel for you. I was diagnosed this summer, shortly before I was fired for the second time. Looking back I realize it’s been going on for 10 years. It’s caused huge financial and family turmoil that we’re still working through. I was doing good work on individual projects, but missed I appointments, was late on important documents, and felt mentally cloudy – like I was in a shower with fogged up glass...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - November 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Coaching ADD / ADHD Treatment Source Type: blogs

Embarrassing AH/HD ImpulsesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If there is one hallmark of AD/HD, it is the lack of impulse control. Put a group of people with AD/HD in one room and their symptoms may vary, but this hallmark is one thing they all share in common. Over the years I've learned to laugh at my AD/HD fueled moments, especially the impulsive ones. I had a chance to recall one a few weeks ago when an author friend was asking readers if they had ever lost control of themselves around a celebrity. I'm usually fairly cool around celebrities and I have my AD/HD to thank. There was one time I lost it around a celebrity. Once. The experience was so embarrassing that I have been cal...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 12, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Thinking Positive ADHD Source Type: blogs

Invitation to SharpBrains Summit – Technology for Cognitive Health and PerformanceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We are excited to invite you to the first virtual, global SharpBrains Summit (January 18-20th, 2010). The SharpBrains Summit will feature a “dream team” of over 25 speakers who are leaders in industry and research from 7 countries, to discuss emerging research, tools and best practices for cognitive health and performance. This inaugural event will expose health and insurance providers, developers, innovators at Fortune 500 companies, investors and researchers, to the opportunities, partnerships, trends, and standards of the rapidly evolving cognitive fitness field. Register Today Learn more and register Here today, a...
Source: SharpBrains - November 10, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Brain Fitness Industry Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Adam Gazzaley Albert “Skip” Rizzo Albert-Einstein-College-of-Medicine alvaro-fernandez Attention Control Systems b Source Type: blogs

Some Days are Easier Than OthersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hard day today. I had plans. Big, beautiful plans. Instead I spent the day ticking. Then company arrived and there went my plans like leaves in the wind.I managed to check off two of the six things I needed to do today, but there was so much more that needed to be done. I was powerless and sat there stuttering, and twitching, and unable to be productive. Days like these try my will. It is so difficult to keep my spirits up. In fact, I'm struggling with Depression as I type this. The first stage is to recognize that I'm depressed. The next stage is to decide if I have a reason to be. Well, I had a reason. I blew time out th...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 8, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Upsides Depression Coping Strategies ADHD Source Type: blogs

Nutshells Don't Fit Very Much Life (or Free Books)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is a photo of my kitchen sink in all its chaotic glory. Fortunately for us, this is an aberration. How could we function with a sink like this on a daily basis? So glad it's only every other day. Ha! You think I'm kidding. No, now I'm kidding. I must admit, however, that last night the sink looked just like this, except without all the artsy high contrast. And it wasn't so blue. At any rate, I discovered to my amazement that every utensil & cup in our home had migrated to the sink and gathered a sedimentary layer of sticky food on their journey. I had no choice but to run a load in the dishwasher. As I braced m...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 7, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Writing Blogging Contest Musings ADHD Source Type: blogs

Working memory trainingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Our rehabilitation company Recolo is now offering the Cogmed working memory training program. Working memory is the ability to hold information in mind for a short period of time and to be able to use this information in your thinking. Problems with working memory are associated with a number of childhood conditions including ADHD, brain injury and poor academic achievement. We decided to provide the Cogmed working memory training in the UK because the research literature on it is impressive. It is effective in improving working memory in 80% of cases. The improvements have been demonstrated in neuropsychological tes...
Source: Child Neuropsychology - November 6, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Jonathan Tags: adhd adhd treatment brain injury brain training computer games head injury rehabiliatation technology working memory Source Type: blogs

Don't Let Hardship Be a Pain in the Butt. Get Out and Live.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Congratulations, Icy. You’ve won an autographed copy of “Heck Superhero” by Martine Leavitt. Send me your mailing address via email and I’ll wrap the book up and send it to you. With one last Halloween hurrah I'll share some photos with you. I'll be changing the colors here back to their normal greens and blues later today, and Halloween 2009 will be officially over for me. I must say that I was disappointed. I posted all those photos and a writing excerpt and you people were off gallivanting around in costume instead of sitting around reading my blog. You have some nerve. Don't worry, though. My family hasn't ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 2, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Motor Tic Disorder Productivity Depression Family Thinking Positive Contest Musings Coping Strategies ADHD Source Type: blogs

Shire CEO: Government Probes Are NormalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Another day, another subpoena. And the latest was sent to Shire last month by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, which is working with the US Attorney in Philadelphia. The focus of their interest is the sales and marketing practices for three ADHD drugs - Adderall XR, Daytrana and Vyvanse (see release). Specifics weren’t disclosed, but Shire has aggressively promoted Vyvanse, a follow-up to Adderall XR, which began facing generic competition last April, The Pink Sheet notes. The Vyvanse campaigns include coupons. For its part, Shire maintains there’s no evidence of wrong...
Source: Pharmalot - October 30, 2009 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Adderall XR ADHD Daytrana Shire Vyvanse Source Type: blogs

What a great comboEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ADHD + fussy baby: “See? There’s Bouncy Lady. We call her Grandma.” (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:)
Source: Andrea's Buzzing About: - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: andrea Tags: ADD/ADHD Family Source Type: blogs

Does Coffee Boost Brain/ Cognitive Functions Over Time?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A few eternal questions: - Is caffeine good for the brain? - Does it boost cognitive functions? - Does it protect against dementia? There is little doubt that drinking that morning cup of coffee will likely increase alertness, but the main questions that research is trying to answer go beyond that. Basically: is there a sustained, lifetime, benefit or harm from drinking coffee regularly? The answer, so far, contains good news and bad news. The good news for coffee drinkers is that most of the long-term results are directionally more positive than negative, so no clear harm seems to occur. The bad news is that it is not cle...
Source: SharpBrains - October 24, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Pascale Michelon Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness adenosine adrenaline alertness Alzheimers Alzheimers-disease brain brain-functions brain-wellness caffeine coffee Cognitive-functions cognittive dementia demen Source Type: blogs

It's no secret.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's no secret that I have ADHD. I'm open about it. I talk about it whenever it seems appropriate.It's no secret that I don't think autism is The Worst Thing Ever. I've known a lot of kids and a lot of adults (both online and off) with autism spectrum disorders, and I have found them all incredibly interesting and entertaining (though sometimes frustrating) human beings.It's no secret that I don't currently take medication for my ADHD. I stopped in May 2008. I'm reconsidering that decision, based on the difficulties I've been having in my life since I stopped working full-time - that lack of structure seems not to agree wi...
Source: ASD :: Commentary on Autism, Disability, and the World. - October 21, 2009 Category: Autism Tags: My Life Autism Work ADHD Advocacy Awareness Source Type: blogs

How AD/HD Makes Me More Like Monk Than I Care ForEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’m sick with some sort of flu so this article lacks sparkle. I’m forcing myself to meet my new schedule, however, so I believe I deserve a cookie… I’m glad I don’t have cable TV anymore. All I would do was endlessly surf the channels at 3am trying to find something worth watching. If you’ve seen TV at that time of night perhaps you realize what a pointless pursuit that was. The trouble was that I couldn’t stop myself. I’d get into an AD/HD rut and flip, flip, flip the hours away. I’m sure I could have trained myself to not waste time in that manner, but it was easier and cheaper just to cancel the ser...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 21, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Hypersensitivity Anxiety ADHD Source Type: blogs

Update: 15 FAQs on Neuroplasticity and Brain FitnessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here you have the October edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box at the top of this page. We recently run an online survey among subscribers of our monthly eNewsletter, and over 500 people said we have helped them make better personal or professional decisions on how to maintain and improve brain fitness. Most gave very illuminating examples, which we are reading and enjoying as we speak. Respondents also had many good questions to ask, so I have selected 15 common ones, paraphrased/ synt...
Source: SharpBrains - October 18, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Brain Fitness Industry Brain Teasers Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Monthly eNewsletter Professional Development brain-fitness-class Brain-games cognitive-fitness Cogniti Source Type: blogs

15 FAQs on Neuroplasticity and Brain FitnessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We recently run an online survey among subscribers of our monthly eNewsletter, and over 500 people said we have helped them make better personal or professional decisions on how to maintain and improve brain fitness. Most gave very illuminating examples, which we are reading and enjoying as we speak. Respondents also had many good questions to ask, so I have selected 15 common ones, paraphrased/ synthesized them below, and answered them by linking to our most relevant posts and resources. I hope you enjoy the FAQ session. Q: I teach a brain fitness class at my library/ senior center/ school, using much of your info. Can yo...
Source: SharpBrains - October 18, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Brain Fitness Industry Brain Teasers Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Professional Development brain-fitness-class Brain-games cognitive-fitness Cognitive-Training creative Source Type: blogs

7 Myths of DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Depression is often viewed as the “common cold” of mental disorders, because it is so prevalent in our lives. The lifetime prevalence of depression suggests that more than 1 in 9 people could be diagnosed with the disorder at one point in their lives. And unlike some other mental disorders, depression affects virtually every aspect of what you do and how you interact with others. Every year, it wreaks havoc in millions of Americans’ lives, especially amongst those who believe it is something you should just “get over” on your own. Here are seven common myths about depression, and the facts tha...
Source: World of Psychology - October 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Health-related Men's Issues Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Women's Issues Adhd Biological Roots Common Cold Common Myths Diabetes Genetic Components grief Havo Source Type: blogs

Friday Flashback for October 16, 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This articles note the tripling of Ritalin prescriptions over 5 years (1990-1995), and not surprisingly, prescriptions for ADHD medications have grown exponentially since then. Is ADHD a serious problem in children? Absolutely. But can it be too-quickly diagnosed without a thorough mental health evaluation of the child? Yes, even today. 5 Years Ago on Psych Central A Patient’s Suicide, a Psychiatrist’s Pain Five years ago we highlighted this story from The New York Times, where a psychiatrist describes his first experience with one of his patients committing suicide. While not for the feint of heart, it rema...
Source: World of Psychology - October 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Friday Flashback General 10 Years Adhd Adhd Children Adhd In Children Adhd Medications Antidepressant Antidepressant Medications Antidepressants Approval Processes Array Beautiful Summer Source Type: blogs

Psychological Research on the InternetEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://psych.hanover.edu/research/exponnet.htmlOn this website, you will find links to known experiments on the internet that are psychologically related. They are organized by general topic area with the topic areas listed chronologically with the most recently added at the top. For: AnyoneTopics: ADHD, Abnormal, Addiction, Anger, Behaviour Management, Child and Adolescent, Clinical Decision Making, Clinical Psychology, Clinicial Trials, Depression, General Psychology, Mental Health, PsychometricsFeatures: Assessment Instruments, Clinical Tools, Information, Online Research On this website, you will find links to...
Source: PsychSplash - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Abnormal Addiction Anger Anyone Assessment Instruments Behaviour Management Child and Adolescent Clinical Decision Making Clinical Psychology Clinical Tools Clinicial Trials Depression Features For General Psychology I Source Type: blogs

ADHD Drug Reactions: Over The Top Down Under?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The opposition party in Australia says the federal government has failed to properly regulate ADHD drugs, with acting opposition health spokesman Mathias Cormann charging that Health Minister Nicola Roxon has done nothing for almost two years, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. His comments follow reports 30 children have wanted to kill themselves while on AHDD meds. One seven-year-old boy became so depressed while taking Ritalin last year that he tried to commit suicide and an eight-year-old hallucinated that spiders were crawling up his skin, the paper writes. Overall, the number of serious reactions to ADHD drugs h...
Source: Pharmalot - October 14, 2009 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Australia Source Type: blogs

Face the IssueEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.facetheissue.com/Features narrated animations and facts about addiction, eating disorders, depression, and other mental health concerns. For: AnyoneTopics: ADHD, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Biological Psychology, Bipolar, Clinical Psychology, Depression, Eating Disorders, Health Promotion, Health Psychology, Health and Social Services, Life, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Mental Health Promotion, Self-helpFeatures: Case Studies, Commentary and Blogs, Documentary, Forums, Information, Self Monitoring, Videos, e-learning Features narrated animations and facts about addiction, eating disorders, depression, and o...
Source: PsychSplash - October 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Addiction Anger Anxiety Anyone Biological Psychology Bipolar Case Studies Clinical Psychology Commentary and Blogs Depression Documentary Eating Disorders Editor's Pick Features For Forums Health Promotion Health P Source Type: blogs

And Thus Begins Free Book FridayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This week wasn't such a great week for writing. Between sickness, ticking, and ferrying kids about I never seemed to have any brain juice left when I sat down in front of my computer. The ship had sailed; the mind was gone. What little I did have seemed to be occupied reading news and researching antique pencil sharpeners. What? I didn't tell you about that? I bought an old issue of American Artist from 1952 because it had an article about Alex Raymond in it. Fabulous illustrator. His work on Flash Gordon is probably what you most likely have seen. As I was thumbing through the magazine, I was delighted by two things. On...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 10, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Writing Blogging Musings Stuff ADHD Source Type: blogs

Atrocious Psychologists – or ADHD?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
[Guest post by Pansy Potter, originally posted to the forum. As this is a reply to a blog post, I've copied and pasted it across to the blog. Z] I have cheekly turned the thread topic around as a corruption on that originally posted by – presumably – a clinical psychologist. Frankly, I was appalled and horrified to learn that certainly in the 10 years since we eventually managed to get the correct diagnosis for our daughter this individual for one does not seem to have changed from the terrible old pre-internet days. I will go through this person’s posting paragraph by paragraph. Your first paragraph is so appal...
Source: Mental Nurse - October 9, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: zarathustra Tags: Work adhd camhs children Source Type: blogs

I Couldn't Be On Time Even If I Sat on a ClockEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hear this article read to you: Tonight was going to be glorious. Everything was lined up. I had decided that with so many local children's book authors having launch parties at the King's English Bookshop I should hobnob at a few of them. It would be much cheaper than attending a writer's conference and, if I bought a book and had it signed, I might endear myself to the authors. You know, get them to open up to me. Share their secrets with me. Invite me over for dinner. Alas, all my clever plans were foiled. There I was, chatting up author James Dashner on Twitter, helpfully letting him know his countdown clock was w...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 9, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Mind Over Mood Thinking Positive ADHD Source Type: blogs

Shire Trialing ADHD Drug As Add-On Depression TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There has been a flurry of TV ads in Seattle for a research study of an investigational drug plus an anti-depressant for people not getting enough relief from anti-depressants alone. The ads are being run by Summit Research, a clinical trials shop here in Seattle. I thought to myself that there couldn't possibly be another atypical antipsychotic being tested this way (since most are almost off-patent), so I went to poking through clinicaltrials.gov and found that Summit is one of a number of places trialing Shire's Vyvanase, a methamphetamine-based ADHD stimulant, as an add-on treatment for depression in a six-week study e...
Source: Furious Seasons - October 8, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

Special needs criminalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The average IQ of an inmate is about 87. Since 75 is usually considered mental retardation, there are a lot mentally retarded persons in prisons. Even the average prisoner is borderline retarded.In addition to very low IQ, about half all prisoners meet DSM-IV criteria for ADHD.Prisoners are a special needs population.Hold that thought. Now, readers with children on the "explosive" spectrum, raise your hand if you have not contemplated your future adult child behind bars. Ahh, as I expected. No hands are raised.We know some of our children don't respond normally to near term consequences - much less long term consequences. ...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - October 8, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: Explosive Child brain and mind support crime ADHD Source Type: blogs

I Couldn't Be On Time Even If I Sat on a ClockEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tonight was going to be glorious. Everything was lined up. I had decided that with so many local children's book authors having launch parties at the King's English Bookshop I should hobnob at a few of them. It would be much cheaper than attending a writer's conference and, if I bought a book and had it signed, I might endear myself to the authors. You know, get them to open up to me. Share their secrets with me. Invite me over for dinner.Alas, all my clever plans were foiled.There I was, chatting up author James Dashner on Twitter, helpfully letting him know his countdown clock was wrong, and using my trademarked and incr...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 6, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Mind Over Mood Thinking Positive ADHD Source Type: blogs

Easy as Awry – My AD/HD Filled DisasterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hear this article read to you: Out of the blue last April someone from ADDitude Magazine read “The Quiet Riot” and thought it would be perfect for their magazine. So they asked me if I’d let them use it. They’d even pay me. All I had to do was provide a clever, creative photograph to accompany the article. Easy as pie, as they say. I’m assuming this expression is referring to scooping the filling out of a pudding cup into a pre-made pie crust. My pie experience was a bit more complicated. In fact, you’d have to make a homemade pie with a 200 strand, lattice crust with environmentally endangered Delta Sm...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 5, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Writing Goals ADHD Source Type: blogs

My Silly Distraction for the DayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hear this article read to you: The pretty girls of Uniqlo are back for their seasonal clothing line update. This time they traipse about gay Paree in turtlenecks, short shorts & leggings. What I love about distractions like this is that they can give me a giggle, but have a built-in timer. I can only watch so much of it before I need to move on. Do you have any silly distractions you use to pick up your spirits or fight boredom, but not lose yourself in? (Be sure to turn on the manic, upbeat music for the full effect) Like reading The Splintered Mind? Share articles with your friends, link from your blog, or...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 5, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Depression Boredom Fun Distractions Coping Strategies ADHD Source Type: blogs

CNN Reports 7 Percent Of College Students Taking Adderall IllegallyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Seriously, it's gotten that crazy out there with Adderall and as CNN reports in this piece (follow the link, as I couldn't get the embed code to work) a good number of them wind up addicted to the drug, which is readily available on college campuses for $10 for three pills. Ah, college crack. What's even more stunning to me is that some students say they feel at a disadvantage versus their Adderall-taking friends when it comes to studying. Crazy. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - October 4, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: ADHD Source Type: blogs

PsyclineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.psycline.org/PSYCLINE is owned and managed by psychologist Dr. Armin Günther, University of Augsburg, Germany. The website started in 1995 under its former name Links to Psychological Journals and has won a high reputation as one of the (if not as the) most comprehensive and up-to-date index of psychology and social science journals on the web. For: Clinicians, Researchers, Students, TeachersTopics: ADHD, Abnormal, Academia, Addiction, Behaviour Management, Bipolar, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Mental Health, Psychology and Technology, Teaching, WritingFeatures: Author Lists, Books, Databases, In...
Source: PsychSplash - September 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Abnormal Academia Addiction Author Lists Behaviour Management Bipolar Books Clinicians Databases Features For General Psychology Health Psychology Information Journals Mental Health Psychology and Technology Resear Source Type: blogs

1 Step to Raise Your Child’s IQ TodayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Want to raise your child’s IQ by 5 points right now? Don’t spank them anymore. So says the results of yet another study looking at the negative effects of spanking on children. This one tracked IQ changes in 1,400 children ages 2 to 9 over 4 years. The results? Children who had been spanked — even infrequently — suffered from an average 5-point deficit on the IQ test. In a 2002 meta-analysis of 88 spanking studies, 90 percent of them found that spanking had negative effects on the child. These effects ranged from later mental health problems (such as ADHD and depression) to anti-social behavior and ...
Source: World of Psychology - September 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Children and Teens General Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Adhd Aggression Attitudes Average Iq Cognitive Ability Corporal Punishment Depression Duke University Study Household Ill Effects Inappropriat Source Type: blogs

Easy as Awry – My AD/HD Filled DisasterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Out of the blue last April someone from ADDitude Magazine read “The Quiet Riot” and thought it would be perfect for their magazine. So they asked me if I’d let them use it. They’d even pay me. All I had to do was provide a clever, creative photograph to accompany the article. Easy as pie, as they say. I’m assuming this expression is referring to scooping the filling out of a pudding cup into a pre-made pie crust. My pie experience was a bit more complicated. In fact, you’d have to make a homemade pie with a 200 strand, lattice crust with environmentally endangered Delta Smelt filling and an injunction with ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 26, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Writing Goals ADHD Source Type: blogs

Obit: Dr. Leon EisenbergEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Leon Eisenberg, Pioneer in Autism Studies, Dies at 87By BENEDICT CAREYPublished: September 24, 2009"Dr. Eisenberg conducted some of the first rigorous studies of autism, attention deficit disorder and learning delays."[snip]“Leon took a very courageous stand and denounced the way psychiatry treated children, this whole system in which we had a few rich kids and their parents getting psychoanalysis five days a week and still not being cured,” said C. Keith Conners, a professor emeritus in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University. “No one even knew what a cure looked like. He had this...
Source: BrainBlog - September 24, 2009 Category: Neurologists Tags: neuropsychology obituary adhd brain autism CNS Source Type: blogs

Everything Has a Neurobiological CorrelateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study tells us nothing about how these dopamine receptors got the way they did. Instead, it joins the growing number of studies that analyze the brain and tell us things like, the structure of the brain may influence ADHD, or that hundreds of gene variations are linked to ADHD, or that, it’s not that people with ADHD’s brains don’t have enough dopamine, it’s that the brain pushes dopamine in the wrong direction influencing a ‘speed’ response between nerve cells. I could go on, but I hope you get the point. Hundreds of studies have now been done analyzing the brains and genes of people with ...
Source: World of Psychology - September 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: ADHD and ADD Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Disorders General Medications Policy and Advocacy Psychotherapy Random Brain Bits Research Accumbens Attention Deficit Disorder Brain Imaging Brain Scan Brain Scans Control S Source Type: blogs

ADD and Loving It! Adult ADHD Documentary Now OnlineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths ADD and Loving It! Adult ADHD Documentary by Canadian Actor/Comedian Patrick McKenna (Traders, The Red Green Show) and Comedian/Director Rick Green is now available online until this Friday Sept 25th to watch. Heard this from Heidi Bernhardt The National Director of the CADDAC Centre for ADHD Advocacy Canada who was one of the people who helped to make the ADD & Loving it happen documentary happen. Here’s the team that made the video possible. You can watch the video here until this Friday. After that it’s gone. Hopefully it will be available for purchase online later either...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - September 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Awareness Source Type: blogs

ADD and Loving It! Canadian Documentary on Adult ADHD on Global TVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths Update ADD and Loving It! is still online, right here pass the word, reduce the stigma. If you think you may have Adult ADD, see the 3 next steps at the bottom of this post. Was a excellent video. Just a heads up. There’s a new documentary on Adult ADHD called ADD and Loving It! tonight Friday at 8pm (7 pm in Winnipeg, Regina & Saskatoon) on Global TV staring comedian and actor Patrick McKenna – Marty Stevens from the TV show Traders (who I greatly enjoyed watching) and The Red Green Show. It’s written, produced and directed by fellow comedian, Rick Green. The film&#...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - September 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Awareness Source Type: blogs

ADD and Loving it Canadian Documentary on Adult ADHD on Global TVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths Just a heads up. There’s a new documentary on Adult ADHD tonight Friday at 8pm (7 pm in Winnipeg, Regina & Saskatoon) on Global TV staring comedian and actor Patrick McKenna – Marty Stevens from the TV show Traders (who I greatly enjoyed watching) and The Red Green Show. It’s written, produced and directed by fellow comedian, Rick Green. The film’s website is TotallyADD Patrick Mckenna and Rick Green from ADD and Loving it Canadian Documentary Here’s their description of their film. You may want to let others know about this. ADD & Loving It?! is a refres...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - September 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Awareness Source Type: blogs

ADD and Loving it Canadian Documentary on Adult ADHD on Global TV Tonight 8pmEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths Just a heads up. There’s a new documentary on Adult ADHD tonight Friday at 8pm (7 pm in Winnipeg, Regina & Saskatoon) on Global TV staring comedian and actor Patrick McKenna – Marty Stevens from the TV show Traders (who I greatly enjoyed watching) and The Red Green Show. It’s written, produced and directed by fellow comedian, Rick Green. The film’s website is TotallyADD Patrick Mckenna and Rick Green from ADD and Loving it Canadian Documentary Here’s their description of the film. You may want to let others know about this. ADD & Loving It?! is a refreshi...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - September 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Awareness Source Type: blogs

Fish oils help ADHD patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Perlmutter’s comment: Keep in mind that DHA is widely available as a vegetarian product, derived from algae. We use DHA aggresively and successfully in treating ADHD. From OilofPisces.com: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manifests itself by the inability to concentrate in a sustained manner, control impulsive actions, and pay attention to tasks. Hyperactivity and oppositional/defiant behavior are other symptoms of ADHD, which affects as many as 7% of children in the United States, mostly boys. About 70% if children with ADHD continue to experience ADHD-related problems as adults. Several clinical...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - September 15, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Perlmutter Tags: ADD/ADHD Source Type: blogs

Win A Month of Free Coaching From Pete and Help CharityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Post from: Adult ADD Strengths Or do something good for others and get a chance to get something good for yourself. I’m donating a month of free coaching cost $300 to Twestival Vancouver 2009. I did the same to Twestival Vancouver in 2008 where the charity was charity:water. While I do mainly focus on adults with ADHD, my initial training was as a life coach and I do sometimes coach non ADDers. Twestival’s slogan is tweet meet give A Twestival or Twitter-Festival is a global series of events organized by volunteers around the world under short timescales, which bring people offline for a great cause. Twestiva...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - September 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Coaching Source Type: blogs

My Silly Distraction for the DayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The pretty girls of Uniqlo are back for their seasonal clothing line update. This time they traipse about gay Paree in turtlenecks, short shorts & leggings. What I love about distractions like this is that they can give me a giggle, but have a built-in timer. I can only watch so much of it before I need to move on. Do you have any silly distractions you use to pick up your spirits or fight boredom, but not lose yourself in? (Be sure to turn on the manic, upbeat music for the full effect) Like reading The Splintered Mind? Share articles with your friends, link from your blog, or subscribe! (Source: The Splintered Mi...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 11, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Depression Boredom Fun Distractions Coping Strategies ADHD Source Type: blogs

Conflicted researcher Joan Luby & Barbara Geller: bipolar in preschoolers, depression tooEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: soulful sepulcher - September 10, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: 1999- 2008: OCD: ADHD: Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Evolution of a Diagnosis 1999- 2007: OCD: ADHD: Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Evolution of a Diagnosis Source Type: blogs

Man-eating Bunnies and Other Projects That Almost Killed MeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hear this article read to you: Bunny Doll Study - Step Four Originally uploaded by Darkstream. As I type this it is 3:16am and I am sitting outside my front yard along the wall that divides our yard from our neighbor’s. The weather is a balmy 77°F and a warm breeze teases a wind chime somewhere out in the night. The occasional car drives by, but otherwise I sit here alone with no soundtrack other than the sound of crickets playing their syncopated symphony. I still have yet to begin a very difficult article, but I know I will manage it very soon. First, though, I wanted to declare victory over my ADHD. The b...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 10, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Productivity Insomnia Writing Goals Procrastination Coping Strategies Art ADHD Source Type: blogs

Update: Retooling Use It or Lose It at New York Public LibraryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here you have the September edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box at the top of this page. In the current edition of The Journal on Active Aging, I discuss why we need to Retool "Use it or lose it", and why routine, doing things inside our comfort zones, is the most common enemy of the novelty, variety and challenge our brains need. You can read the full article for free Here. Book Tour We are glad to report that The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness continues to obtain excel...
Source: SharpBrains - September 8, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Uncategorized Cognitive Neuroscience Education Health & Wellness Brain Fitness Newsletter AAA Foundation active aging adhd Arthur Kramer book book tour brain care brain fitness innovation brain quiz brain reserve brain te Source Type: blogs