Adult ADHD Impacts Kids, Too

My daughter is 15. Both my daughter and I want her father (my husband, who has ADHD) to be less grumpy, critical, disinterested, etc. Can you provide some advice?.

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A strength-based approach to dealing with ADHD

I recently attended a week long seminar on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) taught by Ed Hallowell M.D…The seminar focus was on understanding the strengths and special abilities that individuals with ADHD bring to the table. “”We want to help kids and adults with ADHD unwrap their gifts” he says. It’s a refreshing and affirming…

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Children’s ADHD symptoms similar to those for chronic stress

At a time when many families are looking for back-to-school bargains, others are coming into their pediatricians’ offices looking for answers about their children’s behavior…Many of these concerns are legitimate. But the more we learn about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the more we realize one label does not fit all, especially for more impoverished…

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More Choices for In-Office Cognitive Assessment Tools

New and recently US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved tools to measure and monitor cognition aim to make in-office cognitive assessment faster and simpler. One of these is Cognivue (Cerebral Assessment Systems Inc), a computer-based tool designed to better and more easily assess, measure, and monitor brain function to detect early signs of dementia, according…

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Brain’s Response Inhibition Can Weaken Memory

New research discovers that when occasions call for the brain to make sudden changes, we often fail to remember why we halted the original action…The new results appears in the Journal of Neuroscience. The findings lend insight into how the ability to inhibit an action — a fundamental aspect of everyday life — affects other…

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