Beyond ADHD

May 27, 2008

ADD/ADHD: Real People Discuss Real Improvement

ADD Videos in the New York Times: Sometimes it takes video reporting with real people to make the points we see everyday in our office. Check out the ADD video links below - from a recent NYT piece.
May 25, 2008

Amen, Carlat, SPECT and Psych Evidence for ADD/ADHD: Don’t look, don’t tell?

Carlat says we shouldn't use SPECT for diagnosis? We shouldn't use SPECT tools that we know work to help discover the many missed diagnoses often found under the large umbrella of ADD/ADHD? This question regarding the use of SPECT is more than a simple ADD diagnostic tool.
May 12, 2008

Aphthous Ulcers/Canker Sores, Gluten Sensitivity and Unmanageable Behavior

Report from the Front: The Gluten-Celiac Question Just in the office last week: An "acting out" child, smart, second grade, unable to respond to medications with two previous docs repeatedly adjusting meds to no avail. She had canker sores.
April 19, 2008

Sydney Spiesel MD: The problem with psych drugs

Just back from Hartford and New Haven CT, and met Dr Sydney Spiesel, a busy practicing pediatrician who regularly comments on NPR, is a professor at Yale Medical School, regularly writes a Health and Science syndicated column at Slate, - and on top of all those activities, provides video commentary at Dr Syd's [video] House Call.