Keith Conners, Father of ADHD, Regrets Its Current Misuse
Keith Conners can rightly be called the "Father of ADHD". He was there at the birth of the disorder and probably knows more about it than anyone else on the planet. Fifty years ago, well before there was an ADHD diagnosis, Dr Conners analyzed the data on the very first randomized trial of dextro-amphetamine (Dexedrine)- studying its efficacy in kids with severe restlessness and impulsivity. Soon after, he conducted the first trial of the then new drug, methylphenidate (Ritalin). Dr Conners developed the standard rating scales used for assessing children in research and clinical practice and for measuring the impact of tre...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 28, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Veritas applies to relocate adolescent eating disorder services
Specialty hospital Veritas Collaborative has filed an application with state regulators to relocate some specialty eating disorder services.
If approved, Veritas would relocate its existing child and adolescent psychiatric hospital from Douglas Street to 4024 Stirrup Creek Drive in Durham County. The project would cost $9.1 million and be completed in January.
Veritas specializes in treating people with eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating. The existing adolescent… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 11, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jason deBruyn Source Type: news
Veritas applies to relocate adolescent eating disorder services
Specialty hospital Veritas Collaborative has filed an application with state regulators to relocate some specialty eating disorder services.
If approved, Veritas would relocate its existing child and adolescent psychiatric hospital from Douglas Street to 4024 Stirrup Creek Drive in Durham County. The project would cost $9.1 million and be completed in January.
Veritas specializes in treating people with eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating. The existing adolescent… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 11, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jason deBruyn Source Type: news
Does My Child Have an Eating Disorder?
Whether your child is 11 years-old or 17 years-old, watching as she sits at the dinner table and refuses to eat what used to be her favorite foods, hearing him throwing up in the bathroom after meals, witnessing as he or she transforms from a robust thriving young person into an increasingly empty shell … these are some of the scariest things that can happen for a parent. The dread. The fear. The panic. Oh no, it’s happening.
I think my child might have an eating disorder.
If you are worried that your child might have an eating disorder, here are the six most important steps to take as you decide whether to seek treatm...
Source: Psych Central - March 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Danielle B. Grossman, MFT Tags: Anorexia Binge Eating Bulimia Children and Teens Diet & Nutrition Disorders Eating Disorders Family General Genetics Parenting Psychology Self-Esteem Treatment Weight Loss Brain Family Based Treatment Food Mental Disord Source Type: news
10 Of The Most Ridiculous Things Ever Said About Women In History
This post was originally published on Bustle.
By JR Thorpe
Luckily for any student of laughing-at-ridiculous-sexism (which is one of the best academic pastimes), there are many candidates for Most Stupendously Silly Statement Made About Women In The History Of Humankind. What about the Victorian medical specialist William Acton's proclamation in 1857 that "the majority of women (happily for them) are not very much troubled by sexual feeling of any kind"? Or televangelist Pat Robertson's much more modern, but no less astonishing, tirade that "feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 3, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Can DSM-5 Correct Its Mistakes? I Say No, DSM-5 Says Yes
DSM-5 stirred great public and professional controversy because it was so carelessly done and included so many obvious mistakes. At the time, the American Psychiatric Association tried to appease critics with the promise that the errors not picked up before DSM-5 publication would promptly be corrected after. DSM-5 was advertised as a "living document", not written in stone and was to be subject to constant revision and updating. Critics took little consolation in this promise that DSM-5 errors might eventually be corrected. With more time, clearer thinking, and competent text editing, the DSM-5 mistakes could and should ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate cost effective for binge-eating
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - March 1, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Former-eating disorder sufferers give thoughts on trigger terms 'fat' and 'binge-eating'
In the latest of a series of word-association videos Seattle-based content creators Cut.com, people who have had eating disorders provide reactions to triggering terms. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does Body Shape Influence Binge Eating?
Can you tell me anything about a study showing that a woman's body shape can put her at risk of developing an eating disorder? How likely is this? (Source: Dr. Weil Q and A)
Source: Dr. Weil Q and A - February 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Feb. 21-27)
This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Why focus the focus on eating disorders? According to the National Association of Anorexia and Related Disorders (ANAD), over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives. ANAD also reports that eating disorders are the number one fatal mental health disorder. Mortality rates can vary and part of the reason why is that the causes of reported deaths are often listed for complications (organ failure, malnutrition, suicide, he...
Source: Dragonfly - February 22, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Health Literacy/Consumer Health Public Health Source Type: news
Could British women be DAMAGING their health by weekend binge eating?
BRITISH women could be seriously damaging their health by sticking to strict diets during the week and bingeing at weekends, according to health experts. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High-calorie treats 'flood the brain's reward system with feel-good chemicals
Scientists at Calgary University in Canada found that while a surge in dopamine encourages binge eating, injecting insulin into the pleasure centre of the brain suppresses appetite. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Solving the Puzzle of Your ADD/ADHD Child: Natural Alternatives for Hard-to-Raise Children
Raising any child can feel like a puzzle. However, when your child has ADD or ADHD, that puzzle can seem to have a few missing pieces. This was the case for Laura J. Stevens with her first son, Tommy. As she describes in Solving the Puzzle of Your ADD/ADHD Child: Natural Alternatives for Hard-to-Raise Children, when Tommy was four, a pediatric neurologist concluded that he was hyperactive and “would probably experience sever learning problems in school and always require special education classes.”
Something about that conclusion didn’t sit well with Stevens, who has a master’s degree in nutritional science and h...
Source: Psych Central - February 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Claire Nana Tags: Attention Deficit Disorder Book Reviews Children and Teens Diet & Nutrition General Healthy Living School Issues adhd food adhd home remedies adhd natural remedies bad food for add books on add books on adhd books on children wit Source Type: news
Can Dialectical Behavior Therapy Help Treat...
Dialectical behavior therapy, a type of psychotherapy, may help people with binge-eating disorder and bulimia. Learn what's involved in the therapy. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - February 10, 2016 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news
The role of non-suicidal self-injury and binge-eating/purging behaviours in family functioning in eating disorders - Depestele L, Claes L, Dierckx E, Baetens I, Schoevaerts K, Lemmens GM.
This study aimed to investigate family functioning of restrictive and binge-eating/purging eating disordered adolescents with or without non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), as perceived by the patients and their parents (mothers and fathers). In total, 123 pa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
