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Pretty much a complete overhaul of the ADHD workshop

"Trust us," she said
I had this little epiphany at a workshop in late 2012.  An attendee said "David can you move on more quickly to some practical tips and strategies?"  I replied that I would - but first I wanted to provide some context, some framework for making sense of when and how to use these strategies.  

And she said,"David, just trust us.  Trust our clinical skills and training and our ability to make good choices about implementing strategies.

Is Everybody a Little Bit ADHD?

DesignerJon Winebrennerposted yesterday at the design blogcore77  his thoughts about ADHD ascontinuum 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.

ADHD is not "either/or"...is it?

A reader of a recentblog 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.

Ongoing Changes in DSM Revision Process

As reported inNatureon 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.  

Specifically, "attenuated psychosis syndrome" and "mixed anxiety/depression disorder" have been excluded from that revision.  DSM panel members report that despite possible clinical utility of these categories, there appears to be a lack of empirical support.

Many of my colleagues and