Information relating to issues of ADHD, attention deficit hyperactive disorder
NTID News – June 24, 2009
“The Attention Deficit Scales for Adults: Sign Language Version” is now available from NTID. The DVD enables more accurate screening for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults using sign language.”
A DVD that uses American Sign Language and English-based sign language to test for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in deaf and hard-of-hearing adults is now available.
“Irresponsible, manipulative, and deceitful marketing efforts push products and programs that harm children physically, emotionally, socially, mentally, morally, and even spiritually. Children today face increased exposure to sex, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, guns, foul language, bullying, violence, and fattening foods. And many of us are simply standing by as increased materialism and commercialism undermine our culture’s basic values.” — Daniel S. Acuff and Robert
H. Reiher, Kidnapped: How Irresponsible Marketers Are Stealing the Minds of Your Children (2005)
Jun 12, 2009
In the midst of a swine flu epidemic, rising numbers of dangerously undiagnosed cases of lyme disease, and the daily threat of contaminated food, I laughed myself sick when I read the article in last week’s Nugget entitled, Regaining Focus.
It warned every Canadian to be aware they may have Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
By Claudia Gold
March 30, 2009
IMAGINE YOU live in a small town, and your son is found to have a brain tumor. Faced with such a devastating illness, you would not hesitate to find the means to get to a medical center, even if it were in a city more than an hour from your home. You probably would search for high-quality specialists to provide the best care possible.
But consider that your son has another serious illness affecting his brain, but one you cannot see on a scan. I am referring to serious mental illness. Rather than assuming that this child deserves to have access to the same specialized care, our culture has colluded in the belief that a primary care doctor will be an acceptable provider of care.
By Mary Tocco
March 18, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
Public awareness about problems associated with childhood vaccines is paramount. Concern is spreading like wild-fire. Parents across the country are not just going with the flow; they are questioning the issues of safety, efficacy and lack of long-term studies that the medical community continues to ignore.
Monday, March 9, 2009
A new University of Central Florida study may explain why children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder move around a lot — it helps them stay
alert enough to complete challenging tasks.
Reporting Kellye Lynn
COLUMBIA, Md. (WJZ)
If you think your child had ADHD or a learning problem, it could be a commonly misdiagnosed vision problem that glasses won’t fix.
Inattention, inability to focus, lack of interest in academic activities–they’re symptoms frequently associated with ADHD.
BCMA proposes recommendations to rectify this
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Feb. 23, 2009) – Less than half of British Columbia’s estimated 30,900 youth with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD) receives either an accurate diagnosis or regular medical treatment. As well, patients properly diagnosed with ADHD have found that demand
for effective health services greatly exceeds the supply. This can result in serious social consequences: crime, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, delinquency
and traffic accidents; and economic consequences: more than $500 million each year just to pay for direct health, education and justice related costs.
Significant local and international variations
in the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (
ADHD) stem at least in part from a “zone of ambiguity”–different interpretations of what is normal behavior and what level of impairment is required for a psychiatric diagnosis.
Furthermore, the long- term effectiveness of different treatments is unclear. These are among the conclusions of a new report by Hastings Center scholars published online in the current issue of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.
By Dr. Stephen C. L’Hommedieu
January 19, 2009
Random acts of violence are usually considered methods of the weak, but a long history of FDA political violence directed against public health safety and
our freedom to obtain dietary supplements reveals something more calculated and oppressive. The results of FDA actions are obvious: Our right to choose
safe health care alternatives and abstain from questionable medical practices is increasingly met with fierce opposition. The consequences are equally
obvious as we helplessly witness a relative epidemic of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ravaging our
children.
