In addition to being an expert in ADHD, he specializes in helping people who are challenged withMajor DepressionorGeneralized Anxiety Disorderand who have not improved with previous treatments. For may years, he has seen how many people feel that they have not been understood in their other expe...
The diagnosis of ADHD was evaluated based on Utah criteria for diagnostic assessment, using the Wender Reimherr Interview (WRI),[50] translated into and validated for the German language by Rösler et al. and Retz-Junginger et al.[51–53] Patients also received German versions of the Symptom...
A majority of children with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) from early childhood continue to demonstrate notable ADHD symptoms throughout life. ADHD-associated impulsivity, in adults, has been found to be a predictor of unstable interpersonal relationships and high risk sexual...
This retrospective chart review reports on the effectiveness of the treatment for ADHD in a population with substance use disorders, residing in a correctional community center for treatment and reintegration purposes. Only patients with a primary diagnosis of ADHD were included and only nonstimulants ...
A one-interval, two-alternative forced-choice protocol was used at a single distance, and each optotype was paired with all optotypes from the same chart. Confusion matrices were generated for each test and Luce's (1963) biased-choice model was fit to each matrix to derive measures of ...
I am a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patient. While hearing that dreaded diagnosis in 2002, I was working full-time in an outpatient surgery center and had been working for 32 years. I continued to work until 2009 when my neurologist advised me that it was time to stop working and to continue...
Adult ADD/ADHD is a clinical diagnosis made by a therapist, neuropsychologist, psychiatrist, or other health care provider. It is important that whoever makes the diagnosis has experience with Adult ADD/ADHD. Many clinicians were taught that if someone presents with depression and ADHD...
to you Depression Anxiety ADHD/ADD Bipolar (manic/depressive) Post-‐traumatic stress disorder Schizophrenia Alcohol abuse Other substance abuse Suicide/or attempted Other Age of Diagnosis?
Despite the growing interest in the diagnosis of ADHD in adults, most of the knowledge in ADHD still relies on research with children and adolescents. Gender differences in adult ADHD patients were neglected for a long time and only few studies have focused this topic. The goal of this study...
Soldiers with a diagnosis of A-ADHD had a higher prevalence of SUD diagnosis compared to their peers without psychiatric comorbidity. They also tended to use more alcohol, caffeine pills, energy drinks, and other caffeinated drinks. Alcohol use was positively correlated with A-ADHD symptoms; on ...