CADDAC 8th Annual ADHD Conference in Vancouver BC November 12th and 13th 2016

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  Want to learn more about ADHD in adults, children & teens? Come to CADDAC’s 8th annual ADHD conference here in Vancouver. Tell your ADHD friends, doctors and teachers. Cross posted to BC ADHD CADDAC, Centre For ADHD Awareness annual Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder conference used to comes out west to Vancouver BC just once a […]

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Please Help Convince BC Pharmacare to Cover Long Term ADHD Medications for ADHD Adults And Children

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Please tell BC Pharmacare and health minister Terry Lake why they should cover long-acting ADHD medications vs just the short acting ones. CADDAC, CADDRA and some BC Psychiatrists and doctors are organizing this. Deadline is June 1st, 2016. If you live in BC and have a family member with ADHD or have ADHD yourself and

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ADHD vs Undiagnosed ADHD vs Undiagnosed ADHD in Treatment Resistent Depression

28% Of Referrals To A Mood & Anxiety Clinic Had Undiagnosed ADHD

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Do you know someone who has been treated for years for depression but they don’t get better? Are their antidepressant medications not working? Do they really have treatment-resistant depression? Or do they have undiagnosed and untreated ADHD that the medical system often ignores and neglects? In this post, I will show that a very large

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More Discrimination Against POC Children With ADHD, 46% Less Likely to Receive An ADHD Diagnosis

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Want to have your daughter or son get a proper diagnosis for ADHD in America? It helps if you’re white a study of 17,100 children for 8 years in Pediatrics revealed. This is despite people of colour children having more risk factors for ADHD than White children. I wonder if the rates are similar in Canada

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Parent of an ADHD Child Age 6-11 With Social Skills Troubles? Want A Free 10 Week ADHD Parent Support Group?

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It’s no secret among parents with ADHD that many children with ADHD have social skills problems and have difficulty making friends. Have a look at some of the research that Dr. Amori Mikami’s Peer Relationships in Childhood Lab has done on ADHD children. They are also not afraid to have some fun:) If you’re the parent

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