Children with ADHD have nearly a four times higher risk of suicide attempts and depression according to a new study in Archives of General Psychiatry. 12% of children & teens with ADHD said they had a specific suicide plan at least once during this time period vs 1.6% of the non ADHD kids. Do you
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The Vancouver Sun celebrated ADHD Awareness week by stigmatizing ADHD on it’s front page, & sharing it Canada wide via the Canwest 2.0 / PostMedia News network in a story by reporter Tracy Sherlock. Update 2: The Vancouver Sun actually ran a story on the same study nearly a month earlier, August 18th with the
Like medications for any other mental or physical condition, medications for ADHD can also have some side effects. Unfortunately, many doctors are not properly trained on ADHD in medical school. For example, here in Vancouver BC Canada, UBC medical students only get one hour on ADHD. So unless they went out to learn more about
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Ever been told you’re talking too fast? More than a few people with ADHD have. You might enjoy this response by Chris Matthews who is the host of Hardball, a political talk show on MSNBC who was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno show. You might enjoy Jay’s response even more. It starts about
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I’ve done a one question anonymous survey on kwiksurveys.com If you’re an adult with ADHD and you haven’t gone public with it (public as in being able and willing to talk about having ADHD with your family, friends and work colleagues) please consider answering the one question survey. You can skip the explanation part and
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