ADHD – A New Vision for Mental Health

The Biases of Western Medicine | Gabor Maté, MD

Author: Editorial 1st February 2023 0 Comments

This transcript of a talk by Dr. Gabor Maté has been published by Sustainable Human . It begins: “In the realm of child development, I just wish we’d actually look at the evidence. But we don’t. I worked in family practice for…
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ADHD, biomedical model, children and adolescents, Gabor Maté, Mad in America, Sustainable Human, trauma-informed approaches, videos

The Faulty Reasoning That Turned ADHD Into a Disease

Author: Editorial 12th January 2023 0 Comments

This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In a new article in Frontiers in Psychiatry, researchers explain the four strategies used to erroneously conflate the construct of ‘ADHD’ with a medical disease. According to the researchers,…
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ADHD, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Mad in America, Peter Simons

The Evolution of ADHD: The advantages of wandering attention

Author: Editorial 24th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by Justin Garson has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “ Attention -deficit/hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) is often described by psychiatrists as a neurodevelopmental disorder, one marked by inattention, disorganization, and impulsiveness. In contrast, some psychologists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists see…
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ADHD, Annie Swanepoel, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Chuansheng Chen, complementary cognition, evolution, Helen Taylor, Justin Garson, neurodiversity, New Approaches, Psychology Today

ADHD Diagnosis Leads to Worse Quality of Life, Increased Self-Harm in Kids

Author: Editorial 26th October 2022 0 Comments

“When comparing kids with the same symptoms who were either diagnosed with ADHD or not, those who received the diagnosis had worse outcomes.” This report by Peter Simmons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In a new study,…
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ADHD, children and adolescents, diagnostic labelling, JAMA Network Open, Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Luise Kazda, Mad in America, Peter Simmons, quality of life, self-harm

My adult ADHD drugs felt like a lifeline. Then came the scary side-effects …

Author: Editorial 22nd August 2022 0 Comments

“After a year on prescription stimulants, I started to unravel. Would a desperate experiment with street narcotics make me see things differently?” This article by Sophie Knight has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “At first being diagnosed with ADHD…
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ADHD, Dexamphetamine, Joanna Moncrieff, methylphenidate, psychiatry, ritalin, Sophie Knight, speed, The Guardian

The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Psychiatry: Robert Chapman, PhD

Author: Editorial 12th August 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “Is neurodivergence to be cured or is it a healthy part of our social ecology?“, this interview with philosopher Dr. Robert Chapman is conducted by psychiatrist Dr. Awais Aftab and has been published by the Psychiatric Times: “Aftab: Let’s start…
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ADHD, autism, Awais Aftab, disability studies, dyspraxia, neurodiversity, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Robert Chapman, schizophrenia, social ecology

The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD

Author: Editorial 14th July 2022 0 Comments

Kitti Palmai reports for the BBC: “While many parents worry that their children spend too much time playing computer games, Kelcey Sihanourath is pleased to see her son Owain pick up his tablet. Now aged 13, he was diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, BBC, computer games, EndeavorRx, Kelcey Sihanourath, Kitti Palmai, New Approaches, Thymia

Children are wrongly diagnosed with ADHD if they fall behind at school, warns neurologist

Author: Editorial 2nd June 2022 0 Comments

This report by Anita Singh has been published in the Daily Telegraph. It begins: “Children are being wrongly diagnosed with ADHD when they are just falling behind, according to a leading neurologist, who said the medical profession was too quick to label people….
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ADHD, Anita Singh, autism, Daily Telegraph, depression, diagnostic labelling, Education, Suzanne O’Sullivan

This Is Your Brain on Food

Author: Editorial 27th May 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “An Indispensible Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More”, this book has been written by nutritional psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo. The publishers say: “Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with…
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ADHD, books, depression, diet and mental health, food, nutritional psychiatry, OCD, PTSD, Uma Naidoo

Medicating Preschoolers for ADHD: How “Evidence-Based” Psychiatry Has Led to a Tragic End

Author: Editorial 28th February 2022 0 Comments

This article by Robert Whitaker has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In its May 25, 2021 issue, JAMA published a report on the comparative efficacy of two medications for treating preschoolers diagnosed with ADHD. Both methylphenidate and guanfacine were deemed to…
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ADHD, children and adolescents, evidence-based, Genetics, Mad in America, neuroscience, preschoolers, psychiatry, Robert Whitaker