Dr. Sachs is a clinical psychologist in New York, specializing in ADD/ADHD and Autism in children, teens and adults.
While ADHD is considered to be a problem that only children suffer from, this is not the case. Adults may also suffer from a lack of focus, an inability to concentrate on tasks and a general feeling that they haven’t lived up to their potential. However, with the help of an adult ADHD center like […]
Menopause is hardly a walk in the park for most women. Hot flashes, emotional outbursts, and loss of memory are only some of the varying symptoms women experience at that point in their life. Some of the most detrimental losses to cognitive ability from menopause affect executive functioning (i.e., Attention, memory, problem solving, and organization). However, a new
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The pen clicker in the third row, the doodler intently focused on their sketch, the one constantly shifting in their chair, and the one folding paper into fortune tellers that will become a source of laughter and fun at recess: These are all common sights in the average child’s classroom and for many years teachers have
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A father’s involvement in a child’s academic life can be very beneficial to a child with ADHD. Traditionally mothers have taken the responsibility of attending school events and joining the PTA, but a father’s role in the schooling of his child is important to a child’s healthy development. How can a father help? Here are steps
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Stimulant medications such as Ritalin and Adderall used to treat ADHD, diet pills, and medicines that contain methamphetamine are drugs that are being abused by teens to help them in their studies, cram for exams, and improve their grades. Younger people are most likely to start misusing prescribed stimulant drugs in their high school years
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Do you think that a nice walk on a nature trail or a game of baseball in a grassy field could help ease ADHD symptoms? Recent research led by Frances Kuo, Ph.D. from the University of Illinois suggests that such simple natural methods help increase focus in ADD patients. The idea to test the effects
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The phrase “conscious uncoupling” may be a relatively new term in most people’s vocabulary; however, the act of unconscious uncoupling itself is not such a new phenomenon. In more recent news – most particularly celebrity headlines, the term “conscious uncoupling” has been thrown around to describe the separating of partnerships between two people. The big
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“My wife is the Jekyll & Hyde of New York. She can go from lovely to livid in seconds. Sometimes I think our three-year-old has greater frustration tolerance than she does.” — Jack, New York. Jack’s wife has ADD/ADHD. The traditional view of ADD/ADHD as a problem of attention and focus has broadened in the
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