7 Ways to Clear Out Clutter When You Have ADHD
Clearing out clutter is tough for most people. It can be especially tough when you have ADHD. For instance, the distractibility and forgetfulness may mean you’re regularly misplacing items and then replacing them, which means you end up with duplicates in strange, random spots, said Bonnie Mincu, a senior certified ADHD coach who was diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s.
You might have a hard time deciding what to do with the clutter—and simply give up. “The path of least resistance is to just keep everything and not worry about where to put it,” Mincu said. It’s also hard to know where to start and how to start.
It’...
Source: World of Psychology - June 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Stress Success & Achievement ADHD tips ADHD-friendly strategies anxiety attention Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Bonnie Minc Source Type: blogs
The Reality of Preschool Anxiety Disorders
Most people think that younger children can’t have anxiety. They think that because children do not have much of a life experience, what do they have to be anxious about? The truth is very different. Almost 20% of pre-schoolers (aged 3 to 4) have an anxiety condition. Anxiety can be linked with depression and problems with behavior and sleeping. Due to this, it is important to treat the condition as early as possible. A study published in the ‘Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology’ explores diagnosis of anxiety in pre-schoolers using structured interviews. This included both the pre-schooler...
Source: World of Psychology - June 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Andrés Fonseca Tags: Anxiety and Panic Children and Teens Sleep Students Success & Achievement Anxious Thoughts Childhood Anxiety Coping Skills preschool school pressure Source Type: blogs
Can you will yourself to be more creative?
By Alex Fradera
Surely creativity is about freedom. Dropping your inhibitions – maybe with the help of a few substances – and letting ideas writhe free from the unconscious unfiltered. What to make then of the research showing that creativity is associated with higher levels of executive functioning – the mind’s suite of control processes – which seem to help by inhibiting irrelevant information and combining the rest in novel ways? Does it mean you can use this mental control to make yourself perform more creatively? According to a new study in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts involving jazz p...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cognition Creativity Music Source Type: blogs
Psychologists have shown that it ’s possible to train one-year-olds’ attention skills
This study (and others) have found benefits in the short term, in the lab. But what real-world effects training might – or might not – bring is not yet clear.
—Changes in behavior and salivary cortisol after targeted cognitive training in typical 12-month-old infants
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Emma Young (@EmmaELYoung) is Staff Writer at BPS Research Digest (Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST)
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cognition Developmental Educational Source Type: blogs
Screening Tests Don ’ t Diagnose People
A recent article over at NPR’s health blog, Shots, cautions that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can’t be diagnosed with a simple screening test. Of course it can’t.
The question I have to ask then is, who ever said any mental illness or mental health condition could be diagnosed by a screening measure alone?
The article, by Rebecca Hersher, seems to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding about the purpose of screening measures, such as the one published by the World Health Organization to screen for ADHD:
Which is why many people were excited when earlier this year a World Health Organi...
Source: World of Psychology - May 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: ADHD and ADD Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Minding the Media Psychology Research Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Screening Measures Screening Quiz World Health Organization Source Type: blogs
CHADD –The National Resource On ADHD
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) was founded in 1987 in response to the frustration and sense of isolation experienced by parents and their children with ADHD. At that time, one could turn to very few places for support or information. Many people seriously misunderstood ADHD. Many clinicians and educators knew little about the disability, and individuals with ADHD were often mistakenly labeled “a behavior problem,” “unmotivated,” or “not intelligent enough.”
ADHD is medically and legally recognized as a treatable yet potentially serious disorder,...
Source: PsychSplash - May 15, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Clyde Tags: ADHD Anyone Articles Attachment Clinical Psychology Commentary and Blogs Conferences Consumers Counselling Family Therapy Features For Foundation Website General Psychology Life Lifestyle Mental Health Parenting Public Source Type: blogs
5 More Ways to Support a Spouse with ADHD
ADHD can be frustrating for both partners in a marriage. Your spouse is frustrated because ADHD creates a lot of challenges — everything from forgetfulness to disorganization to a short and shaky attention span. And you’re frustrated because you feel like you’re doing the bulk of the household work, and your spouse doesn’t seem to care — and that’s just one example.
“Know that the behaviors that may irritate you are not done to hurt you nor are they done on purpose,” said Terry Matlen, MSW, ACSW, a psychotherapist and ADHD coach who also has ADHD.
Of course, in the moment, it totally feels like your...
Source: World of Psychology - May 14, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Disorders Marriage and Divorce Relationships Self-Help Stress ADHD challenges ADHD suggestions ADHD support ADHD tips attention Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Communication Criticism Humor Kelly Babcock Source Type: blogs
6 Tips on Treating Adults With ADHD
Nearly 8 million adults in the United States have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These adults often find speech, social and executive function skills challenging, affecting their social communication. As speech-language pathologists, we can help people with ADHD through educating and coaching social communication skills and self-awareness.
Adults with ADHD experience difficulty forming social relationships, communicating clearly in those social relationships, and controlling executive functions. SLPs understand social communication and skills from our work with people on the autism spectrum, we understa...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 11, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Melissa James Tags: Speech-Language Pathology ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder Executive Functions social skils Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs
5 Ways to Support a Spouse with ADHD and Work as a Team
You love your spouse. You love their compassion, clever sense of humor, spontaneous spirit and many other terrific traits. But you find yourself getting more and more frustrated with them. You find yourself taking on most of the responsibilities, like cleaning and paying the bills.
In short, it doesn’t always feel like a 50/50 partnership, said Terry Matlen, MSW, ACSW, a psychotherapist and ADHD coach who also has ADHD.
Your spouse is likely just as frustrated as you are. After all, having ADHD can be exhausting. “[Y]our spouse is working 10 times harder than someone without ADHD, just getting through the day,” Matle...
Source: World of Psychology - May 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Disorders General Marriage and Divorce Relationships Self-Help Stress ADHD and marriage ADHD and structure ADHD challenges ADHD support ADHD tips ADHD-friendly systems Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Nikki Source Type: blogs
Don ’t let the screens take over: 8 tips for families
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Last week was Screen-Free Week, and I’m going to guess that most families did not have a screen-free week.
Screens have become so embedded in daily life that it’s hard to imagine turning them off for a whole week. Besides the fact that many, if not most, children use them for homework, they are also how we get work done, get questions answered, communicate, shop, and relax. For many families, they are also how they calm children down and keep them occupied. How do you go a day without all that — let alone a week?
I agree, that sounds hard. But as a pediatrician I’m worried about the w...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - May 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Parenting Source Type: blogs
What Is One Thing You Want Non ADHD Adults To Know About Adult ADHD? Explain It Here
Problem:
As an adult ADHD coach since 2003 who has ADHD, I’ve heard far too many horror stories of not getting properly diagnosed and treated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Because the ADHD Catch 22 & ignorance & stigma on adult ADHD, most hide in ADHD closet, don’t complain to politicians/media. So they both think it’s not a real problem = few resources for us.
Too many spread ignorance and stigma against ADHD, which harms us and our families, and keeps many from seeking a diagnosis or treatment & others hiding in the ADHD Closet.
Sadly many ADDers internalize the external s...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
What Is The Most Important Thing You Want Non-ADHD Adults To Know About Adult ADHD? Explain It Here, Anonymously Or Full Name
Problem:
Have you ever been treated like crap because you have ADHD?
Has your self-esteem ever been damaged by how other people treat you because you have adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
The purpose of this campaign is to spread the word on what it really feels like to have adult ADHD. So non-ADHD adults can understand us better and do less shaming or humiliation of us for having a genetically inherited neurodevelopmental condition, i.e., stigmatizing us.
As someone who has been coaching adults with ADHD since 2003, runs an Adult ADHD support group and has ADHD, I’ve heard these ignorant stigmatizi...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - April 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: Explain One Point About Adult ADHD To Non-ADHD Adults Source Type: blogs
6 Signs You May Have Adult ADHD
8.2% of people have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, double the previously reported rate.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Attention Source Type: blogs
ADHD and Adults: More Tips for Creating Structure When Your Job Has None
ADHD affects how you work. It can affect you even more when your job doesn’t come with built-in structure. When you don’t have set hours. When you work from home. When there’s no boss breathing down your neck, waiting for your next report or project.
ADHD can create many challenges for people who don’t have traditional 9 to 5 jobs — anyone from a real estate agent to a writer to a coach to an independent attorney. For instance, ADHD makes it harder to plan and break down tasks into action steps, said Bonnie Mincu, a senior certified ADHD coach who was diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s. It makes it tougher to pri...
Source: World of Psychology - April 16, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Disorders Habits Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Success & Achievement ADHD and work ADHD challenges Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Bonnie Mincu creating structure Meaningful Wor Source Type: blogs
Did You Take Your Meds?
My support system has earned certain rights that other people in my life do not get. The main thing that comes to mind when I speak of this is the age-old question that most people with bipolar hate being asked, “Did you take your medication?” I have got to admit at one point in my life with bipolar disorder it was a question that would boil my blood. My husband would ask me, “Honey, did you take your meds?” in the most loving, sweetest voice he possibly could and I in return would absolutely blow up at him. In my defense, we weren’t working together to keep my bipolar disorder in check yet and so he hadn’t yet...
Source: World of Psychology - April 15, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tosha Maaks Tags: Addiction Antidepressant Bipolar Caregivers Depression Marriage and Divorce Medications Mental Health and Wellness Personal Relationships Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Bipolar Disorder Depressive Episode Drug Addiction Source Type: blogs
