Marilyn Wedge's Blog, page 16
September 1, 2013
10 Tips to Head Off ADHD
Can making some simple changes in parenting and in a child's home environment prevent ADHD symptoms?
August 1, 2013
The Self-Destructive Teenager
Self-destructive teenagers are a little like suicide bombers: they express their anger by blowing themselves up.
July 10, 2013
Journalistic Impulsivity Disorder
Mark Twain famously said “If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed.” An article in the Economist last September suggests that this may spring from a "mental health condition" that afflicts members of the press.
June 23, 2013
Spinning Straw Into Gold
Adopting the language of neuroscience has given the biological model of ADHD, with its claims about the efficacy of pharmaceutical cures, new credibility.
Spinning Straw into Gold
Adopting the language of neuroscience has given the biological model of ADHD, with its claims about the efficacy of pharmaceutical cures, new credibility.
June 5, 2013
Internet Addiction, Sleep Deprivation, or ADHD?
With the current explosion of ADHD diagnoses among American teenagers, as clinicians we should not too quick to attribute all of a teen’s school problems to a yet unknown biological cause.
May 6, 2013
7 Reasons why the DSM-5 should be rated "R"
is the DSM-5 any more dangerous for children than the DSM-3 or the various editions of the DSM-4? The answer is "yes" and "no."
7 Reasons that the DSM-5 should be rated "R"
is the DSM-5 any more dangerous for children than the DSM-3 or the various editions of the DSM-4? The answer is "yes" and "no."
May 2, 2013
Situational Schizophrenia
Tragically, schizophrenia is often confused with psychological problems like severe anxiety or depression, that are understandable reactions to disturbing life situations like loneliness, isolation, and/or family issues. Misdiagnosis can lead to ineffective treatment and a label that is tragically hard to shed.
April 16, 2013
Rhetoric and the Creation of Preferred Realities
To be perfectly honest, most writers, including myself, present a preferred reality to their readers. It is only natural for a writer to selectively choose or cherry pick outcomes in order to portray a certain image.
