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adhd evaluation
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Posted on Friday, May 31, 2013 10:02 AM
Page 809 of the DSM-5 offers a summary of changes in the current revision, and in this pdf. Changes specific to the ADHD diagnosis are as follows: |
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Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:07 AM
Q: Hi Dr. Nowell, I have symptoms of both Bipolar Disorder Type II as well as ADHD. My
"baseline" is very ADD. Then, every 3-4 months, I seem to have 2
weeks where I cycle through hypomania/depression, and I am very different from
my baseline self. I am being treated for both via medication.
So, is it possible to be both? Are there any recommendations or
resources that you feel are especially helpful for those who might have both conditions?
A: Any two
conditions can be co-occurring. |
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Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:34 AM
Q: How common is daydreaming with ADHD?The reason I ask is that I've heard that daydreaming is more common with Asperger's Syndrome than with ADHD. With ADHD the problem is more distractibility than with daydreaming. So -- if a person demonstrates excessive daydreaming would we say it's more consistent with Asperger's than ADHD?
 A: You've described a difficult clinical distinction, but this might help: There exists the emerging concept of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, which has at points gone by the awkward moniker "pathological mind wandering. |
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Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:12 AM
It was my pleasure to spend some time yesterday at the STAR Centerin Denver, and to speak to the staff there about ways we address the ADHD-SPD symptom overlap.
In advance of that meeting, I'd asked for your questions for Dr Lucy Jane Miller, clinical director of the program and author of Sensational Kidsand No Longer a Secret- either of which would be a great place for parents or clinicians (including non-OTs like me!) to begin to understand sensory challenges in children.
So, here are your questions for Dr Miller, followed by my best recollection of her responses. |
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Posted on Monday, January 07, 2013 7:57 PM
Happy New Year - one week into 2013, I hope everything's going to plan. No? Great, you get to start over today!
Over the course of next 12 months I'll be sharing tips and strategies for managing time and focus and passion.
Look for
the Exceptions
A really useful question for clinicians in the ADHD evaluation is"these problems with focus and attention that we've been talking about....where do you NOT see these?" And that question is also worth considering by parents, spouses, and adults with attentional and organizational challenges. |
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Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:06 AM
In a recent articleby scientists at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Iran), authors note support for the 2-factor (inattention and hyperactivity) model of ADHD. Many ADHD symptom checklist items load strongly onto one factor or the other. For example, the symptoms "talks excessively" and "is on the go" load heavily onto the hyperactivefactor but not the inattentivefactor. And the symptoms "difficulty sustaining focus" and "difficulty organizing tasks" load heavily onto the |
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Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:12 AM
Designer Jon Winebrennerposted yesterday at the design blog core77 his thoughts about ADHD as continuum disorder- that is, a disorder which may be present to at least some degree in many of us, even those without the diagnosis. He notes that
every time I describe typical symptoms of ADHD to someone, they claim that they show signs of the same problems. I mean, seriously, who doesn't forget their lunch on the counter or misplace their keys every now and then? I am sure you can't point a finger at a single person and have them deny that they've gotten so engrossed in a task that the world melted away and time warped. |
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Posted on Monday, September 10, 2012 8:54 AM
One unique element of the workshop is a review of the " Big 5" - five daily practices that can make a big difference for children and adults with ADD/ADHD. How much do you know about your own needs for daily quiet time, nutrition, interpersonal connection and exercise? Can you identify your key values and passions? Take the online assessment here |
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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:10 PM
In a recent letter to the editor of the New York Times, a Vanderbiltpsychology instructor suggests that we simply "face up to the fact " that ADHD is not a "hard wired" condition (he was responding to a previous Times article).
If you've attended the ADHD workshop, or are familiar with the condition, check out his letterand see whether you can spot the errors before reading any further......
Okay, what'd you notice? For example:
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Posted on Monday, July 02, 2012 8:00 AM
A reader of a recent blog postat PsychologyToday offers this comment about formal ADHD diagnosis:
The ability to pay attention is a sliding scale and not binary. Unlike pregnancy, you can be more-or-less ADHD depending on how you live your life.For example, someone who might have a little difficulty focusing can decrease their ADHD potential by meditating.
This is such a good point! Because the DSM is a medical-model approach to mental health and developmental disorders it makes use of an "either/or" (binary) approach to diagnosis. |
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