ADD

October 12, 2008

ADD Context II: Physics, Reality, and Structure

ADD: A diagnosis over time - A diagnosis of context. So what do I mean by "context? In the last post I told you about the physics professor with ADD - and you may very well have said: Impossible! His "management problem," that "group problem" he has, is not ADD, it is SAD, Social Anxiety Disorder. Descriptively I agree, but functionally [from the point of view of brain function} it's more than that.
October 11, 2008

AD/HD: Diagnosis and Treatment Often Miss the Mark

Our diagnostic grid for ADD Spectrum Disorders [with multiple expressions of attention related issues] is almost purely descriptive - with the inevitable consequence that we most often treat labels, not people. The public is mad because, more frequently than not, our measurements simply don't consider their pain.
October 7, 2008

ADD: Predictablity and Irrationality Examined

You know how I have been talking frequently about how ADD subsets suffer with unmanageable cognitive abundance [this post from '06] and indecision. I thought you would be interested in this interview... tune in tomorrow over at Published and Profitable.
September 28, 2008

SPECT Brain: NPH-Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Diagnosed with SPECT: Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography - Brain Imaging.