Treatment approaches to disorders of behavioural addiction are beginning to emerge. In this paper we provide a narrative review of the growing range of treatment approaches for the less well understood compulsive facets, including compulsions and the associated latent phenotypes, such as cognitive domain...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) impacts the ability to maintain attention to tasks. Often, it also involves impulsive behavior—saying or doing things without stopping to think first—as well as hyperactivity. ADHD is themost common developmental disorderin childhood, affecting5–8% of...
It might include both behavior therapy for autism and medication for ADHD. Some doctors say that ADHD medication is important for children who have both conditions. ADHD drugs may help for certain autism symptoms that sometimes overlap with ADHD, like being hyper, impulsive, or inattentive. ...
“It is hard to set healthy boundaries with time that allow the brain to decompress, rest, and restore to reduce distractibility,” says licensed clinical mental health counselor Amelia Kelley, PhD, of Kelley Counseling and Wellness in Cary, North Carolina. What’s more, being easily ...
Conners Rating Scale: Looks at symptoms related to behavior, school, interpersonal functioning, and work to determine how symptoms impact home life, relationships, academics, and other life areas; also available as the Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales to assess ADHD in adults ...
in reducing oppositional behavior and improving parenting practices; however, it does not reduce blinded ratings of ADHD symptoms. Also after training effects dissipate. This practitioner review proposes steps that can be taken to improve BPT outcomes for ADHD, based on purported causal processes ...
If you have a food addiction, you are unable to reduce your eating despite wanting to do so and continue unhealthy eating patterns even after adverse health consequences. Similar to people with substance-use disorders, food addiction is associated with emotional instability and impulsive behavior. ...
Risky behavior Carelessness, or lack of attention to details A pattern of making mistakes Trouble getting along with other kids Difficulty taking turns ADD vs ADHD: What Are the Differences? Adults may experience different presentations of ADHD: inattentive, impulsive/hyperactive...
Rejection sensitivity can be common in people with ADHD. According to the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) can be defined as “the tendency to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and intensely react to rejection.” A behavior that might be consider...
Toddlers like to make decisions. Or do they? They’re not entirely sure. The toddler years are a time of conflicting, unbridled emotions that are often expressed through impulsive, defiant behavior. I recently consulted with a mom whose three-year-old son was doing the opposite of everything...