When it comes to ADD/ADHD, impatience may be the one symptom that frustrates husbands and wives equally, although perhaps for different reasons. The wife sees a husband who may not be able to sit still, rushes to interrupt, or moves from one thing to the next without coming up for air. The husband, though, is driven to this […]
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Did you know that children in France rarely, if ever, are diagnosed with ADHD? About .05% of school-aged French children were diagnosed with ADHD, whereas 9% of school-aged children in the United States met criteria for ADHD. What are the French parents and teachers doing differently that would account for this 8.5% difference? Researchers started
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Do you remember being read the many stories of Aesop’s Fables? One of the most well-known is that of The Tortoise and the Hare. Using the two main characters in this story helps us to better understand the two main characteristic traits of people that suffer from ADHD. Which category do you or someone you know
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Do girls also have ADHD? The answer is yes. ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. There are three basic traits that define ADHD –impulsiveness, hyperactivity and inattentiveness. However, hyperactivity and impulsiveness appear to be more descriptive of this condition in boys, while inattentiveness is more common in girls. It is easy to quickly recognize boys
If Insight is the holy grail of Psychoanalysis, “Awareness” is the goal of Gestalt Therapy. Insight is the cognitive understanding of how the past may inform the present, or the “why’s” of our actions. Insight tells us why we are angry at our partners because of a past wound inflicted upon us by our mother,
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A recent study done by Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health found that pregnant women who are exposed to hydrocarbons and air pollution have an increased risk of having a child with ADHD. Lead author Frederica Perera, PhD stated that exposure to hydrocarbons encountered in New York City air may play a
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EEG- biofeedback, also called Neurotherapy or Neurofeedback, is a form of treatment utilizing the direct observation of the client’s EEG recordings and subsequently eliminating those abnormal brain waves that contribute to the client’s symptoms. This technique of rewarding ‘’healthy” brain waves helps heal multiple neurological and psychological conditions. Disorders effectively treated with this modality include
Research by the National Institutes of Natural Sciences and National Institute for Physiological Sciences in collaboration with Professor Masami K. Yamaguchi and Assistant Professor Hiroko Ichikawa of Chuo University looked at facial expression recognition in children. A total of 13 children with ADHD and 13 typically developing children were observed. These children’s brain’s hemodynamic responses were recorded while the children were presented
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