There are a lot of misconceptions regarding ADHD floating around out there. For example, if your child has ADHD it doesn’t mean that you’re a bad parent. ADHD testing and treatment is offered for adults as well as children. And, despite what you may have heard, prescription medication isn’t the only ADHD treatment available in […]
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You might be surprised to know that caffeine is considered to be a drug. In fact, as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported, it is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in the world. Caffeine, like the most common prescription drugs used for treatment of ADHD in NYC, is a stimulant. But does that mean it
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is known the world over as one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, yet his reputation for greatness rests on a mere handful of paintings – a number of which are unfinished. Of course, there was no way to test adults for ADHD during the Renaissance, but 500 years
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Ty Pennington, star of TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and the current Trading Spaces reboot, shares parts of his personal story in a new book out this month. If you’re a fan of home improvement shows, you are probably familiar with Pennington and his seemingly boundless energy. But you probably didn’t know that he went
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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 New York Times article lifts the veil on what has become an open secret in many top performing high schools in the nation: Prescription stimulants used to help children with ADHD are being sold on the black market to healthy students seeking a quick fix to increase focus, concentration and test performance. The Times
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October marks the national Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Month: a month dedicated to educating the public about the truth about ADHD, and providing the public with scientifically-backed information and studies. Although as a nation we have come a long way in terms of changing our attitude towards ADHD diagnosis, there are still thousands of individuals who
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