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ADHD Therapists Share Their Toughest Cases

ADDitude

ADDitude magazine asked practitioners who specialize in ADHD about their clients toughest problems, and the strategies that move them in the right direction. I also work to educate the partner that this is a medical condition and not just the other person forgetting or not seeming to be as interested in things. Here is what they said.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)

Mad in America

I have seen this occur in all walks of life and the phenomena has no respect for intelligence, education or economic position in society. Psychiatry has been going down this mental disease road for 75 years or more, and I doubt, for psychiatry, that there is any turning back. A surprising new drug may change that”.

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Training Days: Surthriving an Execution, Antidepressants, then Myself — A Cop’s Tale

Mad in America

I rushed to the closet and loaded a magazine into a rifle, terrified that the attackers were coming, that they would force me to choose who in my family would die. One was for anxiety, one was for sleep, one was to help my heart rhythm for panic attacks—something for everything I described and couldn’t understand was happening to my body.

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4 Hallmarks of ADHD-Supportive Colleges

ADDitude

Counseling and Health Services Its common for students with ADHD to experience anxiety and/or depression , so its wise to ask each campus counseling center these questions: What kind of counseling services are offered? Students expend mental energy each time they walk across campus to a dining hall, library, or for laundry services.

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Unpacking Depression: An Interview with Psychologist Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg

Lawyers with Depression

An international trainer of mental health professionals, Dr. Wehrenberg coaches people with anxiety via the internet and phone. Shes a frequent contributor to the award-winning magazine, Psychotherapy Networker and she blogs on depression for the magazine Psychology Today. We dont value something everybody can do.

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How Epigenetics Could Revolutionize ADHD Care

ADDitude

A 101 on Epigenetics Reading Genes Genes play an important role in shaping a wide range of traits and characteristics, from hair and eye color to susceptibility to mental health conditions. Epigenetic alterations have been linked to numerous poor health outcomes. Yet, genetic influences are less fixed than one might think.