Saturday, November 22, 2014

Lessons from Adam Lanza: Listen Early and Listen Well

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The just released report, Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School , from Connecticut's Office of the Child Advocate offers a searing ac...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

ADHD: The Role of Curiosity

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3-year-old Cara smiles impishly in to the camera.” You see she’s standing on the kitchen table,” her proud yet concerned grandmother, my de...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Childhood Anxiety: Treating the "What" Rather Than the "Why"

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      Recently, while studying for my recertification exam as required by the American Board of Pediatrics , using the PREP course offere...
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Friday, October 10, 2014

The Time-Out Wars: A Case for Curiosity

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Dan Siegel's new book No-Drama Discipline is calling attention to our innate need for connection. In his Time magazine piece...
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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Antipsychotics for ADHD: A Big Unknown

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Polypharmacy, or use of multiple psychiatric drugs, for treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD)  is on the rise . A rec...
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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Days of Awe and the Certainty of Neuroscience

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Just like the digital codes of replicating life held within DNA, the brain's fundamental secret will be laid open one day. But even whe...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Postpartum Mental Illness: Ability to Soothe Baby Helps Mothers Most

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Fascinating research at the Yale School of Medicine  shows that in poor families who are under-resourced and overburdened (a more meaningful...