The recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, August 2020 is chucked full of articles related to the topic of ADHD. Here are the articles that are of significance: ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER MEDICATION AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS by Laura Ghirardi, MSc, et al.Page 944 points […]
Read More →What have we learned with the effects of marijuana use? The following table reprinted from PEDIATRICS IN REVIEW, February 2020, pg. 61, best summarizes the adverse effects of marijuana use. As you can see it is not innocuous in either the short or long term usage. We are in a learning phase of […]
Read More →My child is so nervous before taking an examination. But when he takes a stimulant before, the grades come out much better. Should this be a problem? It has been clearly shown that the use of stimulants by non-ADD college age and high-school students does not enhance academic achievement. The person who abuses […]
Read More →We need information on current events, but do our children benefit from all the daily hype that comes our way? The world news is negative. No, more than negative—it is downright depressing. It destroys hope and gives the impression that nothing is being done to fix it. As adults, we can evaluate the […]
Read More →I can’t get Jimmy to do his homework without a struggle. His behavior at school worried me as well. With my practice weighted to school underachievement, learning disabilities and ADD I frequently hear the title statement “He’s Lazy and Won’t Do It” from parents. Most of the time the statement is wrong. The child […]
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