28% Of Referrals To A Mood & Anxiety Clinic Had Undiagnosed ADHD
This study shows what we adult ADHD coaches have known for a long time.
Adults who fail to respond to antidepressant therapy may have underlying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and not treatment-resistant depression, as is often assumed, new research suggests.
Only 5% of adults have ADHD. But,
28.4% of referrals to a tertiary-care mood and anxiety clinic had undetected ADHD.
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ADHD was also diagnosed in 22.6% of patients referred to the clinic for treatment-resistant depression.
Chart of study SSRI Treatment Response may Predict Undetected Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Depressed P...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - May 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Medication ADD / ADHD Treatment adult ADHD anxiety depression dysthymia misdiagnosed undiagnosed Source Type: blogs
28% Of Referrals To A Mood & Anxiety Clinic Had Undiagnosed ADHD
This study shows what we adult ADHD coaches have known for a long time. Only 5% of adults have ADHD. But,
28.4% of referrals to a tertiary-care mood and anxiety clinic had undetected ADHD.
ADHD was also diagnosed in 22.6% of patients referred to the clinic for treatment-resistant depression.
Chart of study SSRI Treatment Response may Predict Undetected Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Depressed Patients.
Adults who fail to respond to antidepressant therapy may have underlying attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and not treatment-resistant depression, as is often assumed, new research sugges...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - May 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Medication ADD / ADHD Treatment adult ADHD anxiety depression dysthymia misdiagnosed undiagnosed Source Type: blogs
Study Shows Fidgeting Could Possibly Help ADHD Students Learn Better
Adapted from healthfinder.gov (Health Day News)
Research shows that students, who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and fidget in the classroom, may learn better. Until more is known, it is recommended that students should not have total control in the classroom and thus parents and teachers should focus less whether a child is sitting still and more on whether their work is completed. For more information, please visit: 1.usa.gov/218caDH
To learn more about ADHD, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage: 1.usa.gov/1pnQyrm (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - March 2, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Marcus Spann Tags: Children and Teens Public Health Source Type: blogs
How to Recognize Auditory Processing Disorder in Children
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Editor’s Note: This post was excerpted from Audiology Island’s blog.
What is an auditory processing disorder?
The simplest way to explain what defines an auditory processing disorder (APD) is to realize the role of the central nervous system, or CNS, in APD. The CNS malfunctions and causes an uncoordinated relationship between the ears and the nervous system’s ability to fully process sounds and language.
APD causes issues with:
Understanding language
Remembering information
Processing conversation
However, several other disorders share these hallmark symptoms. Similar disorders that might get mistaken for...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 1, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Zhanneta Shapiro Tags: Audiology auditory processing disorder Hearing Assistive Technology hearing loss hearing protection Source Type: blogs
What’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
What’s New: A Preview of the February Issue
The February issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org or on your iPad using the Academic Medicine for iPad app. The issue includes a cluster of articles on entrustment; other highlights include:
Health Care Transformation: A Strategy Rooted in Data and Analytics
In this New Conversations piece, Koster and colleagues review three examples of the transformational force of data and analytics to improve health care and examine academic medicine’s vital role in guiding the needed changes.
Amending Miller’s Pyramid to In...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - February 1, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured Issue Preview big data cognitive disabilities faculty development medical errors professional identity formation residency veteran-centered care Source Type: blogs
Brain Drain
I find it incredible that, buried in the common advice to consume more “healthy whole grains,” is advice to consume what is, in effect, a mind-active drug. Wheat and grain consumption have very real effects on the brain, thinking, and emotions, some of which are reversible, some of which are permanent. Many of the effects are due to the gliadin protein of wheat, rye, and barley. Dr. Alessio Fasano has mapped out the segments of the gliadin protein that, upon partial digestion (humans are incapable of complete digestion of this grass protein) yield the following peptides (protein fragments):
Red = direct cytotox...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat-Free Lifestyle adhd appetite bipolar Depression emotions gluten grains mind opiates schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
How Managerialists Turned Housestaff Training into a Zero-Sum Game: the Continuing Saga of the FIRST and iCompare Studies
Conclusion: the Problem is Managerialism While the ongoing trials of housestaff sleep deprivation have been largely anechoic, the recent Washington Post commentary by Clark and Harari make questions about why in the world medical academics would have set up such trials and continue to defend them even more stark.But it seems that medical academics are boxed in, playing a zero-sum game. They may know that there housestaff are overworked and sleep deprived, a situation that endangers the housestaff and their patients. Yet every reasonable way one could imagined improving the situation would require s...
Source: Health Care Renewal - December 22, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: academic medical centers amphetamines clinical trials generic managers managerialism medical ethics post-graduate medical education resident sleep deprivation Source Type: blogs
Understanding "Disaster Reactions"
When news of a disaster hits, it can cause suffering not only to those at ground zero, but others who witness the aftermath.Watching a traumatic event unfold on television, radio, the internet or social media sets into motion a variety of psychological reactions, called Disaster Reactions. These psychological reactions have physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral presentations. The list below shows you some of the many kinds of experiences children, teens and adults can have. Psychological Reactions• Anger• Anxiety• Apathy, diminished interest in usual activities• Appetite change• Avoidanceâ€...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - November 14, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: anxiety depression mental health trauma Source Type: blogs
Understanding " Disaster Reactions "
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Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - November 14, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: anxiety depression mental health trauma Source Type: blogs
Cannabis Receptors and the Runner’s High
[First published August 4 2010]Maybe it isn't endorphins after all.What do long-distance running and marijuana smoking have in common? Quite possibly, more than you’d think. A growing body of research suggests that the runner’s high and the cannabis high are more similar than previously imagined. The nature of the runner’s high is inconsistent and ephemeral, involving several key neurotransmitters and hormones, and therefore difficult to measure. Much of the evidence comes in the form of animal models. Endocannabinoids—the body’s internal cannabis—“seem to contribute to the motivational aspects of volu...
Source: Addiction Inbox - October 11, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Altered Mental Status after a Handful of Pills
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A 30-year-old woman presented with altered mental status. Her boyfriend reported that she took a handful of unknown pills about two hours before. Initial vital signs include a temperature of 38°C, heart rate of 130 beats/min, respiratory rate of 18 breaths/min, blood pressure of 112/83 mm Hg, and pulse oximetry of 97% on room air.
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Her physical exam is significant for pupils 6 mm bilaterally and reactive to light, dry mucous membranes and skin, and decreased bowel sounds. She was alert but confused. Her initial ECG showed a sinus tachycardia with a rate of 133 and a QRS of 89 and QTc of 443....
Source: The Tox Cave - October 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Altered Mental Status after a Handful of Pills
Credit
John Nakamura Remy
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A 30-year-old woman presented with altered mental status. Her boyfriend reported that she took a handful of unknown pills about two hours before. Initial vital signs include a temperature of 38°C, heart rate of 130 beats/min, respiratory rate of 18 breaths/min, blood pressure of 112/83 mm Hg, and pulse oximetry of 97% on room air.
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Her physical exam is significant for pupils 6 mm bilaterally and reactive to light, dry mucous membranes and skin, and decreased bowel sounds. She was alert but confused. Her initial ECG showed a sinus tachycardia with a rate of 133 and a QRS of 89 and QTc of...
Source: The Tox Cave - October 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
America’s Nursing Crisis
By SUSAN DENTZER
Many of the nation’s nurses understandably erupted in anger when the co-hosts of ABC’s The View mocked Miss America contestant Kelley Johnson for her pageant-night monologue about being a nurse — and for wearing scrubs and a “doctor’s stethoscope” (their words) in the talent competition. The co-hosts, Joy Behar and Michelle Collins, have since apologized, especially for implying that only doctors use stethoscopes. “I didn’t know what the hell I was talking about,” Behar later said.
It would be easy to attribute this episode solely to the ignorance of some TV pers...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simon Nath Tags: THCB National Academy of Medicine Nursing Practice Programs Professional Rivalries Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Susan Dentzer Source Type: blogs
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau Supports Screening Prisoners in Federal Jails for ADHD
This is why I asked Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau the question about if he’d commit to screening federal prisoners for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
21% To 45% 0f Prisoners Have ADHD 15 Peer Reviewed Studies Show. Crime and jail are costly to society, but treatment is cheap. I used 15 peer reviewed studies in my post because I thought the media and politicians could write off 2 or 3 but 15 would be harder.
We ADHD adults are only 5% of the population but we’re 4 to 9 times more likely to end up in jail than non ADDers. Federal, provincial and municipal jails should screen prisoners for ADHD....
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - September 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD Crime Politics ADHD related Source Type: blogs
Jennifer overcoming the mental health impairment of grains
You may remember Jennifer from her story describing her first 3 weeks on the Wheat Belly lifestyle: http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2015/06/wheat-and-grains-make-you-sick/
Jennifer now provides us with an update on her progress:
“The difference 9 months makes. The top two are from last year. The bottom two are 4 weeks ago and 2 weeks ago. I wanted to give you an update.
“I am still dealing with some underlying health issues, however doing much better. I no longer have to take a slew of prescriptions –no Symbicort, rarely have to take nasal allergy spray or Zyrtek, have completely titrated myself off of p...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 25, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories allergy Depression gluten grains hypothyroidism sinusitis Source Type: blogs
