Often it is a child’s teacher who is the first person to suspect that a child has ADHD, especially if he or she is hyperactive and often disrupts class. However, parents may notice signs of ADHD before the child begins school. These signs may include problems with social skills and disruptive behaviour. If you or…
The Northwestern University issued the following news release: Diagnosis of ADHD on the rise.They note that 10 million American children diagnosed with ADHD during doctors’ visits. The number of American children leaving doctors’ offices with an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis has risen 66 percent in 10 years, according to a new Northwestern Medicine…
Parents often come to my office after several years of both social and academic failure relating to ADHD, and they still are stuck on the idea that diet, and diet alone, will be a cure all. After all, if you look up diet and ADHD on the web it seems very, very clear. Right? Well…
The Canadian Medical Association Journal has scheduled a publication for an upcoming edition entitled: Influence of Relative Age on Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children.” As other studies that I have pointed out have shown, there is a problem with the diagnosis of young children with ADHD. There is what is called a…
As a Registered Psychologist I provide individual therapy and counselling services using the evidence based techniques of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT). Individuals are seen in both my Burnaby and Vancouver offices for a variety of issues including chronic pain, depression, anxiety, stress, panic, anger management, ADHD and work or…
Time is a real problem for almost everyone with ADHD. Not telling time, but estimating time. Russell Barkley writes extensively about the problem of time estimation and it’s relationship to estimating effort. (How much effort will this take, and when will it be done?) Children, adolescents and even adults with ADHD have a great deal…
One of the sites I often recommend to people is the CADDAC website, especially for information on science based guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. It can be found here at : http://www.caddac.ca. Today I went back to their website to see of there was anything new and found some clear information about Disability…
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Usually, once a week, I teach a graduate class in diagnostics at a local college. Students are surprised to hear that the definitions of different mental health conditions such as ADHD or autism spectrum disorder can change. Any every few years, when the new edition of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)…
Parents often come in with some basic questions about child and adolescent behaviour. I often suggest a child behaviour book that is science based: David Barkley’s “Your Defiant Teen,” or “Your Defiant Child.” Both of these books start, as do most parenting programs that are based upon science rather than “philosophy” with a section on…