ADHD And Substance Abuse
Some have worried that by giving stimulant medication to children and teens with ADHD, we increase their risk to abuse substances in adolescence and ...
ADHD and Driving
There are still some professionals who doubt that ADHD is a “real” disorder, and cite poor parenting practices, for example, as an ...
The MTA Study
The NIMH funded the Multimodal Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA) study. It was a study of several treatments for almost 500 ...
ADHD Treatment
The AACAP has offered several recommendations for treatment of ADHD (Pliszka, 2007): The treatment plan for the ADHD patient should be comprehensive ...
Is There A Genetic Cause For ADHD?
Is There A Genetic Cause For ADHD? What we know is that ADHD is associated with problems in dopamine receptors, or the neurons in the brain that ...
How Does ADHD Work? (Part II)
Model III – Deeper Brain Structure Dysfunction Another explanation for ADHD is a problem with the basal ganglia, and the corpus callosum just ...
How Does ADHD Work? (Part I)
There are three basic models to explain ADHD: Model I – Frontal/Pre-Frontal Lobe Dysfunction The frontal lobes, and especially the pre-frontal ...
Diagnosis of ADHD
Is ADHD Real Estimates vary, but the rates of ADHD fall between 3 to 5% (APA) and 7 to 12% (CDC) of children, with 60-85% continuing to meet criteria ...
Vedantic Philosophy and Psychology
What is Vedantic Thought? Vedantic thought is based on the vedas – the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and Brahma Sutras. These are the holy ...