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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 Billy, age 9, had been having problems in school since starting kindergarten. His teachers said he was impulsive and did things without thinking. His parents knew these problems firsthand, and had tried to fix them by sending him to a pediatrician.
#2 Melissa, age 5, had been affectionately labeled the pink tornado. She had a severe case of Ring of Fire ADD. Her parents brought her to see me after she was nearly run down in a parking lot after she opened the car door and ran into a store.
#3 The symptoms of Inattentive ADD, which is commonly but rarely diagnosed in females, are a short attention span, easily distracted, and little substance. After starting treatment, Louanne dramatically improved.
#4 When Gregg first came to see me at the age of 14, he was a wreck. He had just been expelled from his third school for fighting and breaking the rules. He never did his homework, and he talked about dropping out of school. But when I did a test of verbal intelligence on him, his demeanor changed.

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	09 mars 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669352174
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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#1

Billy, age 9, had been having problems in school since starting kindergarten. His teachers said he was impulsive and did things without thinking. His parents knew these problems firsthand, and had tried to fix them by sending him to a pediatrician.

#2

Melissa, age 5, had been affectionately labeled the pink tornado. She had a severe case of Ring of Fire ADD. Her parents brought her to see me after she was nearly run down in a parking lot after she opened the car door and ran into a store.

#3

The symptoms of Inattentive ADD, which is commonly but rarely diagnosed in females, are a short attention span, easily distracted, and little substance. After starting treatment, Louanne dramatically improved.

#4

When Gregg first came to see me at the age of 14, he was a wreck. He had just been expelled from his third school for fighting and breaking the rules. He never did his homework, and he talked about dropping out of school. But when I did a test of verbal intelligence on him, his demeanor changed.

#5

Brett, 27, had been fired from his fourth job in a year. He blamed his bosses for expecting too much of him, but it was the same old story. Brett had trouble with details, he was often late to work, and he seemed disorganized.

#6

The brain scan of Larry, a 62-year-old man who came into therapy because his wife threatened to start divorce proceedings against him if he didn’t get help, showed decreased prefrontal cortex activity and increased activity in the deep limbic system of his brain.

#7

Lindy, 37, was ready to leave her husband when she first came to see me. She had trouble getting to sleep and couldn’t get out of bed in the morning. She had Overfocused ADD, where she had trouble shifting her attention. This caused her to have to have things a certain way at home and made it hard for her to take notes in school.

#8

ADD has been around for a long time. It was described by the philosopher John Locke in the seventeenth century, and has been part of the psychiatric terminology since the inception of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in 1952.

#9

People with ADD have a short attention span. They cannot sustain attention and effort over prolonged periods of time. They frequently get distracted, thinking about or doing other things than the task at hand.

#10

People with ADD are often hypersensitive to their senses, and they have trouble suppressing the sounds and sights of the environment. They are also often underactive in the prefrontal cortex, which sends inhibitory signals to the brain’s emotional centers.

#11

People with ADD often complain of being excessively bothered by sounds, especially the chewing sounds of others. They may need white noise to block out the other sounds in the environment.

#12

People with ADD often have a difficult time organizing their space, time, projects, and long-term goals. They typically take a disorganized approach to these things, which dramatically increases the time it takes them to complete them.

#13

People with ADD frequently suffer from poor follow-through, and they will do something as long as there is intense interest. They will put things off until the last minute, when they are pushed to the wall of the deadline.

#14

The prefrontal cortex, which is the brain’s chief executive, is heavily involved with forethought, planning, impulse control, and decision making. When there are problems in this part of the brain, as is typical in people with ADD, exhibiting forethought is a constant struggle.

#15

People with ADD often take a crisis management approach to their lives. They are constantly stressed, and it seems like there is a need for constant stress in order to get work done. But the constant stress takes a physical toll on everyone involved.

#16

The hallmark assessment tool for ADD is a detailed history by an experienced clinician. I have found that a life history is the most reliable diagnostic tool.

#17

The assessment should begin with a good family history, starting with the grandparents from each side and learning as much as possible about the primary family members. The genetics of ADD have been proven to be genetic.

#18

When the brain is exposed to a lack of oxygen or some toxic substance, it is much more likely to show symptoms of ADD. The brain is also vulnerable to brain infections, such as meningitis or encephalitis, which cause toxic inflammation in the brain and damage tissue.

#19

Hormonal influences play a major role in ADD. ADD symptoms are generally worse around the time of puberty in both males and females. In females, ADD symptoms are also exacerbated around the time of menopause.

#20

It is important to recognize drug abuse when assessing for ADD. While ADD and drug abuse commonly occur together, drug abuse can masquerade as ADD. If a person says that he doesn’t believe in drug screens, it is a good indication that he is using drugs.

#21

The diet is the fuel for the brain’s work. A diet high in simple carbohydrates makes attentional problems worse for most people, especially those vulnerable to ADD.

#22

Physical and emotional neglect and abuse can contribute to ADD. The brain needs proper nurturing and stimulation to develop properly. When a baby is neglected or abused, the brain cannot develop properly and is at risk for learning and behavioral problems.

#23

The fallout from untreated ADD is increasing in the population, and it should frighten you as well. When you look at the fallout from untreated ADD, our society may be in for a lot more problems, especially considering that ADD remains underdiagnosed and under-treated.

#24

There are many factors that contribute to the rise of ADD and related problems in our society, such as excessive television watching, video games, and decreased exercise. The more you use your brain, the stronger it becomes, and the more it can do. The less you work it, the weaker it becomes.

#25

The Internet is a potential source of serious problems for our children and ourselves. It is filled with danger and time wasters. Because of the impulsivity and excitement-seeking nature of many people with ADD, they frequently visit sexually explicit sites, engage in racy conversations with others, and get into trouble.

#26

The rise of ADD in our society is largely due to the lack of exercise, which contributes to the video game and television exposure that children are getting. As children watch more TV and spend more time exercising only their thumbs with video games, they become more sluggish and less attentive.

#27

When ADD is present, these other problems should be evaluated. Sometimes these problems are misdiagnosed as ADD, sometimes they occur with ADD. Psychiatric/ adjustment problems, behavioral problems not related to ADD, and depression can all be present alongside ADD.

#28

There are many different types of ADD, and each responds best to a different treatment. Some of the most common types are obsessive-compulsive disorder, tic disorders, and history of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse.

#29

There is a high incidence of conflicts in ADD families, especially during the teenage years. These conflicts center around failure to do schoolwork, problems completing routine chores, and difficulty being trusted to obey the rules.

#30

Adults with ADD live lives of chronic frustration. Many are undiagnosed, and their symptoms are often attributed to character problems, anxiety, depression, or even manic-depressive disorder.

#31

The Wall is different for each person with ADD, and it can take different forms depending on intelligence, class size, and knowledge level of the parents. It may take a child with ADD four or five times as much effort and time to do as well as their peers.

#32

My work on ADD began at a military hospital in the middle of nowhere. I was the only psychiatrist for 4,000 soldiers and an equal number of family members. I dealt with many people who suffered from headaches, anxiety attacks, insomnia, and excessive muscle tension.

#33

I was able to buy the community mental health clinic $30,000 worth of computerized biofeedback equipment in 1988. The training course at the Applied Psychophysiological Institute in San Francisco was the most stimulating and intense learning experience I had as a physician.

#34

I was taught that people could actually change their own brainwave patterns. I was also taught about Dr. Joel Lubar’s research at the University of Tennessee on brainwave underactivity in children with ADD. I began using biofeedback in my practice, and it grew from there.

#35

In 1990, Dr. Alan Zametkin published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on brain PET studies in ADD adults. He showed that when adults with ADD concentrate, there is decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex. This meant that ADD was real: it was a medical problem you could see.

#36

I was able to see areas of good brain function and areas of compromised brain function with Sally’s SPECT study. I was able to see areas of the brain that worked too hard and areas of the brain that did not work hard enough.

#37

SPECT is a nuclear medicine study that looks at cerebral blood flow and brain activity. It was originally used to diagnose psychiatric and neurological illnesses, but it has been replaced in many cases by the more sophisticated anatomical CAT and MRI studies.

#38

SPECT imaging is a technique that uses radioactive substances to produce images of the brain. It can be used to examine the brain’s surface, its active areas, and its blood flow. It can be used to examine the brain’s symmetry, activity levels, and what