Thursday, March 27, 2014

Rising numbers of kids expelled from preschool and diagnosed with autism: are they linked?

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Two alarming news items compete for attention. The first,  a New York Times editorial entitled Giving Up on Four-Year-Olds describes a rec...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Huge increase in ADHD diagnosis in young women a worrisome trend

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"I know its my ADHD acting up," a mother of three young children recently said  to me as an explanation for her inability to reca...
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Monday, March 10, 2014

Take new smartphone use study with a hefty dose of empathy for parents

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A new study documenting the ubiquitous use of smartphones by parents at fast food restaurants with their young children is getting a lot of ...
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Friday, February 28, 2014

Legal marijuana, antidepressants, and the danger of not listening

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  A popular blog post Why I Tried to Kill Myself at Penn is making its way around the college-age crowd. The author calls attention a high-...
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

ADHD, bipolar disorder and the DSM: A need for uncertainty?

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A recent article in the New Republic, provocatively titled “ ADHD Does Not Exist ,” starts out well enough. The author, a psychiatrist with...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Lessons from Atticus: is "ADHD" a problem of not listening?

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Recently I reviewed my son's high school essay on To Kill A Mockingbird . I was surprised and pleased to rediscover, or perhaps discover...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Music and mental health: a tribute to Pete Seeger

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This morning while driving my son and two friends to practice for their high school singing group, we listened, as part of an  NPR report on...
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