tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post3341311403776272859..comments2024-03-14T13:25:42.698-04:00Comments on Child in Mind: Mothers, Babies, Psychoanalysts, PediatriciansClaudia M. Gold, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13081419560269676730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post-74695907252919357182012-01-26T12:47:25.029-05:002012-01-26T12:47:25.029-05:00I actually caught part of that Diane Rehm intervie...I actually caught part of that Diane Rehm interview, but didn't catch the beginning so I had no idea it was you.<br /><br />I have to say, I think medications have their place, but that place is getting way overblown. It's nice to see someone talking about behavioral therapies and how effective they can be. Not everything has to be solved with a pill.<br /><br />Said another way, parents of 4-5 year-olds often come to me and say, 'My kid has ADHD.' After working with the children for a couple of days, I have to give the parents my limited professional opinion and say, 'I think your kid is a kid.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post-85592778231817988612012-01-16T13:03:26.468-05:002012-01-16T13:03:26.468-05:00CBT therapists like to brag about their therapies ...CBT therapists like to brag about their therapies being the most "evidenced-base," but greatly exaggerate the strength of their evidence. <br /><br />They also denigrate the type of evidence you talk about above. And half the time, what they do is very much like what more humanistically-oriented therapists do anyway, only they call it something else. <br /><br />They also block researchers from other schools of therapy from getting funding through the NIMH. <br /><br />Just like with the drug companies, much of the time their studies are more like marketing masquerading as science.David M. Allen M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.com