Beyond ADHD

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.
September 21, 2008

AD/HD Office Updates: Home and Away

The AD/HD Philosophic Reception: The medical discussion about aspects of my new book has been, quite interestingly, uniformly positive. The theme in my medical presentations is simple, and often addressed here at CorePsychBlog - we often do not use precise parameters with our AD/HD treatment targets, - current diagnostic criteria are imprecise, superficial, amorphous and "move about" too much- does that cover it? If we don't see it how can we hit it? - we don't appreciate the specific trajectories of the drugs we use, and thereby often miss the mark just because we don't adjust our sights correctly, but, rather, too often blast away. Are we shooting howitzers at wrens?