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Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:24 AM
To Love and to Work Sigmund Freud suggested that in order to be happy, adults need “lieben und arbeiten” – to love and to work! And that’s exactly where adults with ADD/ADHD may have their greatest challenges.
Because ADHD may have its biggest impact in "love and work," I often recommend that adults with the condition " marry well and get a crackerjack assistant at work." And what follows is the content I will share tonight with a Boston area ADHD support group |
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Posted on Friday, May 11, 2012 1:45 PM
As reported in Natureon Wednesday, then CBSand other outlets yesterday, some important decisions have been made towards shaping what will become our next standard diagnostic manual, the DSM-5.
Many of my colleagues and |
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Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2012 7:42 AM
The reason this irritates me is that the CEO metaphor completely misses the point and purpose of brain-based executive functioning. The Chief Executive Officer's role in an organization is to say things like "Steve do you have that 2nd quarter report?" and "Let's ship out 20% more tablets to the Asian market this fiscal year. |
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Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:16 AM
A journalist prepping a story for Woman's World magazine put out this query:
Looking for expert tips on how readers can effectively ask for what they want while at the same time, feel good about themselves.
And here's my response to her query:
Each of us would do well - for ourselves and those around us - to determine what exactly it is that wewant. Not superficial wants but deep-down desires. I suggest to workshop attendees that each of us is here on the planet to do and be and have and share . |
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Posted on Thursday, April 19, 2012 1:22 PM
Questions for Clinicians:
- Can you quickly identify who is at greater risk for self harm, and what life stressors increase that risk?
- Can you document your clinical decision making so that if (heaven forbid) you had to defend that decision weeks or months later, you would feel confident in that documentation?
- .....and could you tell students and trainees in less than a minute how todorisk assessment?
If you're a mental health clinician and you'd like to be even more confident responding to these types of questions, I'd recommend my upcoming workshop |
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Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:48 AM
 I think the Worcester Library is going to be a great location for the group - it was easy to find, not too far from I-290, and has easy-peasey free parking. A highlight of last night's meeting for me was learning from Dr Kevin Murphysome practical approaches to workplace support for adults with ADHD. He suggests an approach which is client-specific and seeks a win-win with employers and employees. |
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Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:06 AM
Boston Bruins forward Nathan Horton was taken out of play for the remainder of the 2011 Stanley Cup series after sustaining head injury during game three. (Aaron Rome received a four-game suspensionfor that hit).
At least some reports described Horton as visitingthe locker room after that hit, suggesting that a duration of loss of consciousness consistent with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).
More recently, Horton sustained another blowto the head on January 22. Since that event, e has been noted to report fogginess and headaches which are part of the post-concussive syndrome which may follow mild TBI. |
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Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:58 AM
Earlier this week I blogged about a practical alternative which I regularly offer to individuals and families who have questions about ADHD and related disorders, but aren't sure they're ready to spring for a full neuropsychological evaluation. The next post here at this blog was a consideration of how to determine when such evaluationis in fact right for you or your family member.
So what happens after a neuropsychological evaluation? After all the testing and scoring and writing up the results. |
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Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:13 AM
Yesterday I blogged about a practical alternativewhich I regularly offer to individuals and families who have questions about ADHD and related disorders, but aren't sure they're ready to spring for a full neuropsychological evaluation. A neuropsychological evaluation requires a greater commitment of time than a briefer office consultation. Another concern here is the considerable expense of neuropsychological evaluation.
So howdowe make this determination, To Test or Not to Test |
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Posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 10:39 AM
The too-brief (and all-too-common) evaluation
I'm often dismayed to hear that children or adults receive an ADHD diagnosis after brief office visits or cursory review of checklists.
While there is no objective "test" for ADD/ADHD, arobustclinical evaluation includes:
- an interview,
- a thorough history,
- behavior observations,
- review of pertinent medical records,
- collateral report (interview with a roommate, spouse, parent, or teacher), and
- (at least in my own evaluations) assessment of general cognitive functioning, academics, receptive and expressive language, memory, attention, vigilance, and executive functioning.
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