Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD Dr. John Breeding, professor, author and Ph.D. psychologist discusses ADHD. Millions of American school children are placed on mind-altering stimulant medications for ADHD. Is there any biological basis for calling ADHD a mental illness? What test exists to diagnosis ADHD? What criteria are used to diagnosis a child with ADHD? In these series of videos Dr. Breeding give you the straight truth about ADHD and ADD. Medications like Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall, Dexedrine, Strattera, Focalin and Metadata all have undesirable side effects and can damage a person’s organs. So if you child is having difficulty, what can you do besides give them drugs? Dr. Breeding discusses how to deal with children effectively. Visit Dr. Breedings Website at www.wildestcolts.com The new edition of John’s book, The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses may be ordered from Chimpunka Publishing at http This video was produced by Psychetruth www.youtube.com www.livevideo.com www.myspace.com Copyright © John Breeding 2007. All Rights Reserved.
ADHD-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a kind of disorder where the patient is cannot concentrate and can be distracted effortlessly, he is hyperactive and impatient with spontaneous temper patterns. His main fault is inability to pay attention on the work done. subsequent identity for ADHD is Hyperkinetic Disorder (HKD) and this disarray is found mostly among kids (7% from age 6-11 years) and also around 4% of elders suffer from ADHD.` ADHD is usually found in kids who have trouble in concentration as they get bored simply and remove the whole irritation on their studies. Though they may be intelligent children who normally produce trouble all around, remember things easily, they are shy and don\’t tend to mix up around with family and friends, they are repeatedly humiliated and scolded for their spontaneous and hyperactive actions. Their impulsiveness is usually avoided and is thought to be a natural active and energetic behavior of the child. Causes of ADHD: – ADHD is repeatedly thought to be a genetic disorder, if any of the parent or sibling is suffering from ADHD, the child usually develops this disarray. – In the womb, if the foetus is half starved or exaggerated with viral infections then child may suffer this disease. – During childhood, if the kid is exposed to lead or any other toxic substances, she may develop ADHD disease. – Accidental head wound or neural disarray may be one of the causes to activate ADHD. – The hyperactivity seen in children with ADHD may be due to some kind of allergies to some kind of food and food preservatives, this is however not a proven fact. – Other truth which remains to be solved is that eating sugar leads to abnormal activity in kids suffering from ADHD. – Smoking during pregnancy can also lead to ADHD. Yet the exact reason of ADHD is mysterious, but it is in fact the incapability of the sensory nerves to send messages to the nerve cell and vice versa. Symptoms are: – People suffering from ADHD get diverted easily, They do not pay interest. – They are likely to disregard things and are inconsistent. – They keep on fidgeting around and are too violent. – They are arrogant and inflexible. It is usually seen that some of these symptoms are found in every person but the kids tormented from ADHD have all of these symptoms always. Along with these symptoms if you observe to organize his work and activities. – Avoids homework which requires attention. – Forgets all his routine work. The children suffering from ADHD have an impulsive nature as they reply instantly earlier than the query is completed, they are always in a rush and they always interrupt others. If the child bears with all such problems of hyperactivity, impulsiveness and disinterest may bear from ADHD. Diagnosis: You will initially need to discuss with the pediatrician who examines the child\’s growth and youth and compares to other kids, he further goes through for difficulties like poor vision or hearing problems, energetic thyroid etc, if no organic difficulty is traced/found out, then a psychologist or neurologist or a learning expert diagnose the child where the entire family and educational past is consulted. After this a short interview with the child is performed with some simple tests. Along with this certain medicines are given after which, the childs performance is diagonised according to Conners Rating Scale and Child Behavior Checklist and Achenbach Child Behavior Rating Scales. ADHD in adults is analysed below the Wender Utah Rating Scale. Treatment/Cure: Medical cure is normally suggested for such children which was opposed by few parents, as the allopathic drugs were quiet tough. Behavioral Change rehabilitation was largely received which showed better behavior and completed tas in classroom. In this treatment the child was given a substantial prize like a sticker or star on books and hands. Using chart system to collect stickers on the presentation and the child who gets highest number of stickers was taken to trips or excursions etc..This helped to improve the interest and construct confidence. The cognitive behavioral treatment was performed to reduce rashness in his actions. This helped to alter depressing thoughts in the childs mind. Personal Psychotherapy helped to build the childs self-confidence. Family therapy helped to gain the faith feature in child bearing ADHD. Therefore it is like creating a encouraging environment for the child suffering from ADHD. Biofeedback method deals feedback information from heart rate, power, sweat reaction, skin warmth, muscle tension, brain activity etc, with the help of screening machines. It is in fact the central nervous system that needs to be motivated, the natural therapy help quiet a lot to individuals bearing ADHD. Aromatherapy helps the people who have ADHD and cures troubles like emotional imbalance, sleeplessness, migraines, depressions, nervous tension, arthritis etc. massages with aromatic oils help to get well to a great extent. You can also try biofeedback, diet and behavioral modifications that help to cure ADHD.
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myspace Friend Me www.myspace.com Gay Sex A Mental Disorder? ADHD, Psychiatry, Psychology, Mind Control Report The disorders listed in the apa’s, American Psychiatric Association’s, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnosed according to behavior criteria. This effectively makes the DSM a moral code or a book of laws. If you violate these laws, you are labeled as mentally ill and forced into mental health treatment which can include drugs, electroshock therapy or involuntary commitment. As society’s morals change, so does the definition of mental illness. A Homosexual, gay or lesbian sex, was considered mentally ill until 1973. What changed? Is this the truth of science or moral opinion based on religion? This video was produced by psychetruth www.youtube.com www.myspace.com psychetruth.blogspot.com Psychetruth is empowered by tubemogul http © Copyright 2008 Zoe Sofia. All Rights Reserved. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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The FDA is still worried about the effects of certain ADHD medications on children who are at risk. Latest research does not seem to offer any reassurance or hope. The latest news is that in the long term ADHD medications seem to offer little benefit. Their efficacy seems to be reduced to the short term alleviation of ADHD symptoms such as behavioural problems, over excitability and disruptive behaviour. Medical authorities are still worried about the ease with which prescriptions of antipsychotics are written by doctors. Research for ADHD is now concentrating on the causes of ADHD but also on the safety of ADHD medications. It should also be looking at ADHD natural and homeopathic cures but, given the world we live in, I think that is a faint hope !
Latest research on ADHD has homed in on the fact that ADHD has a strong heritable link. They are therefore looking for some genes that might be responsible for some of the behavior disorders associated with ADHD. The hope is that once they find these, cures can be better targeted and more effective medication can be manufactured. The IMAGE project led by Stephen Faraone is one of the largest ever done and involved studying over 600,000 genetic markers in 900 families. One genetic marker has been found but there is a very long way to go. As ADHD is such a complex condition, researchers feel that there may be several genetic markers involved and that these all have small effects on the child’s behavior and development.
As research for ADHD progresses at a snail’s pace, families are faced with bringing up ADHD children who have to grow up and become happy and productive members of society. One of the most important things a parent can do is to find the best possible help at school and that means getting wised up about what facilities are offered to ADHD children and what arrangements can be made on the day to day level with the child’s teacher. This may mean drawing up a behavior plan and or looking at where the child sits, preferably close to the teacher.
While research for ADHD will bumble along for some time yet, parents have to think about the day to day running of the family. Basically they will be concerned with how their guidance as parents and their parenting skills will impact on the child’s behaviour. Learning to acquire these skills can turn family life into a pleasure again. These skills can be learnt through ADHD behaviour therapy where parents of the ADHD child help him to learn self-management skills and emotional control. It is now recognised that any form of medication for ADHD can only be effective if it is carried out in conjunction with behavioural interventions. All the research on ADHD up to now is pointing in this direction.
Research for ADHD is also looking at comprehensive treatment plans for ADHD children which will include not just medication but also diet, green time benefits, exercise and of course parental support which is absolutely crucial. As there are so many doubts now being raised about problems and side effects with a pharmacological solution for ADHD, it is high time to look perhaps at homeopathic treatment for ADHD.
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Be My Friend – www.myspace.com About The Medicated Child, Bipolar, ADHD, Psychiatry Dr. John Breeding has a Ph.D. is psychology. He comments about the recent PBS Frontline Documentary, The Medicated Child. 6 million US Children are taking psychiatric drugs for ADHD, Bipolar and other mental disorders. Good psychiatry, experimentation or kid drugging for profit? Do these medications promote good mental health or do they create a population of people on disability? See the PBS Frontline Documentary online www.pbs.org Visit Dr. Breeding’s Website at www.wildestcolts.com This video was produced by Psychetruth http www.myspace.com Copyright ©CAEST 2008. All Rights Reserved. This video may be displayed in public, copied and redistributed for any strictly non-commercial use in its entire unedited form. Alteration or commercial use is strictly prohibited. #17 – Most Discussed (Today) – Education #17 – Most Viewed (Today) – Education #12 – Top Favorites (Today) – Education #96 – Top Favorites (This Week) – Education #11 – Top Rated (Today) – Education #51 – Top Rated (This Week) – Education
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I found out that the long-term effects of these prescription drugs for ADHD treatment for children have not even been determined yet! That means we are giving our children drugs we really don’t know what effect they will have on them later in life. And to top it off, most Psychiatrists’ drug of choice for ADHD treatment are the Psycho-stimulants that not only have harsh side effects but only treat the symptoms, not the problem.
Here are some of the reasons I found why you should probably consider natural remedies for ADHD treatment over these Psycho-stimulant prescription drugs.
ADHD medications can suppress your child’s personality while being effective in getting rid of the symptoms. Based on ADHD research these medications can change the way your child’s brain operates so the ideas, impulses and creativity that are natural to your child, are suppressed along with the symptoms. Natural ADHD treatments will enhance your child’s creativity and personality by restoring balance in your child’s overall heath and well-being.
Some of the common side effects of prescription drugs for ADHD treatment according to ADHD facts are anxiety, nervousness, dizziness, severe headache, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, unusually fast heartbeat, blurred vision, anemia, insomnia, anorexia, hair loss and allergic reactions that include troubled breathing. With Natural ADHD remedies the symptoms will alleviate without causing any side effects or comprising your child’s health. ADHD remedies are non-addictive and 100% safe for your child.
I have also determined that ADHD treatments with prescription drugs should be a last resort for parents to consider because the long-term effects are unknown. Scary, right? Especially since the recently discovered ADHD facts about long-term use of prescription drugs are that it can lead to depression and other psychological issues in adulthood.
Further ADHD research showed me that substance abuse problems and prescription drug addictions in adults are more common in people who took mind-alternating drugs like ADHD medications as children. And the ADHD facts I found show that prescription medications are highly addictive and may cause dependency. Again, you can rest assured that with a holistic approach ADHD remedies are non-addictive and 100% safe for your child.
Finally, according to further ADHD research, just in the United States alone, billions of dollars are spent annually on prescription medications for ADHD. ADHD medication prescriptions can have a negative impact on your family’s finances. Where natural treatment for ADHD is highly effective and very affordable.
For your child’s sake, look at a homeopathic remedy for ADHD so you can safely and effectively treat ADHD symptoms like hyperactivity, erratic behavior and lack of concentration without putting their health at risk now, and in the future.
Connie Wolf has been researching and studying the benefits of natural remedies for overall health and wellness for many years. For more information on this subject,please visit her site at http://journeytowellnesshome.com/page/191740205/
Neurofeedback: Another
Treatment for ADHD
In just the last 20 years, Attention Deficit & Hyperactive Disorder, (ADHD) has
become America’s “leading childhood psychiatric disorder. Approximately 2% to 6% of school-age children are diagnosed with ADHD (Raz 2004).  According to Barkley (1998) the number of children affected by ADHD can vary from 1% to 20 %, depending on how one chooses to define it, the population studies, the geographic locale of the survey, etc. ADHD is characterized by the inability to self-regulate focused attention. Children with hyperactivity are impulsive and behaviorally disinherited. The condition is developmentally disabling which, if left uncontrolled persists into adolescence and adulthood (Edwards, 1995).
Frontal Lobe and ADHD
Research indicates a neurological basis for ADHD, specifically, frontal lobe dysfunction. Frontal lobe functions are executive in nature and are involved in developing plans and organizing resources. They also are critical in mediating inhibitory behaviors such as controlling motor behavior and inhibiting attentional focus on distracter or irrelevant stimuli. The evidence suggesting right frontal lobe dysfunction as the basis of attention deficit disorders is considerable (Chelune, Ferguson, Koon & Dickey, 1986; Gualteri & Hicks, 1985; Hynd, et.al 1990; Lou,et.al., 1989).
There has been increasing interest in the relationship between prefrontal cortex functioning and the ADHD. Children with frontal lobe lesions show impulsive hyperactive behavior (Grattan and Eslinger, 1991), and adolescents with ADHD show decreased anterior frontal lobe activity on positron emission tomography (Zametkin et al., 1993). Performance on neuropsychological tests purported to test frontal cortex functioning is deficient in children with ADHD (Barkley et al., 1992). In study examined frontal lobe functioning in adolescents with ADHD Schandler (2001) found a presence and magnitude reflect frontal lobe dysfunction in children with ADHD ages between 12 and 17. The results of the study conducted by Fredericksen et. al. (2002) was consistent with previous reports of reduced frontal lobe volumes associated with ADHD. Schmidtâs study (1999) shows that boys with ADHD exhibited a less right-lateralized frontal activation pattern than normal control boys. Halperin (2006) found that the brain activation gradients in ventrolateral prefrontal cortex of ADHD adolescents. Recent research using advanced neuroimaging morphological procedures has shown that ADHD children fail to show the normal right-greater-than-left asymmetry in the mass of the frontal lobes (Hynd, Hem, Voeller & Marshall, 1991). Consistent with this finding, computerized quantitative electroencephalographic (EEG) analysis shows significantly greater slow wave (theta) activity and significantly less fast wave (beta) activity predominantly in the frontal regions for ADHD boys and girls when compared to age-and-sex-matched normal (Mann, et.al.,1992).
Neurofeedback Training for ADHD
The neurofeedback Training, also known as EEG Biofeedback or Neurotherapy, uses an electroencephalograph (EEG), a device that detects and records the electrical activity in the brain, called brainwaves. An EEG can detect brainwaves and discern whether they are strong or weak (amplitude) or fast or slow (frequency). Scientists commonly identify brainwaves in four categories:-
Beta, the fastest brainwaves, 14-32 hertz, focused on day-to-day activities and on attentiveness & thinking activities.
Alpha, a slower brainwave, ranging from 8 to 12 hertz. Â This rhythm is characteristic of a relaxed yet alert state of awareness.
Theta, the next slower waves range from 4 to 8 hertz. This rhythm is often associated with dreamlike imagery, sleepiness and deep relaxation.
Delta, the slowest waves, from 0 to 4 hertz, predominates during dreamless sleep.
EEG accepts the neurological basis of the ADHD (i.e. frontal lobe dysfunction).  Recognizing that the ADHD patients produce more theta waves activity and less beta waves activity, compared to non ADHD patients (Barabasz et al, 1993; Mann et al, 1992). The goal of EEG training is to alter these abnormal brain waves by decreasing theta waves, while simultaneously increasing beta waves. Proponents of this technique believe that bringing theta and beta brainwave closer to healthier patterns leads to a reduction of ADHD symptoms.The EEG monitors and records the different brainwaves of the patient, who learns how to increase or reduce certain types of brainwaves. EEG training is intended to teach patients to normalize their brainwave responses to stimuli.
In EEG neurofeedback training, the therapist explains to the patient the connection between what is happening in his/her cortex and what is recorded on the EEG. Then, the therapist helps the patient to learn how to gain control over his/her brain waves. The therapist places the EEG electrodes on the head detect the different types of brainwaves produced by the patient and send the information to a data recorder. Every time the desired brainwave is identified, the neurofeedback apparatus sends a signal to the patient – auditory or visual feedback – to encourage the production of similar brainwaves. The auditory or visual feedbacks vary from simple sounds to elaborate computer graphics made to resemble video games where generating the wanted brainwave adds excitement to the action and brings some kind of rewards. Neurofeedback training typically takes 30-40 sessions depending on the severity of the disorder and other comorbid symptoms present. The first six sessions are completed as quickly as possible and then the frequency of training reduces to two or three times per week. With regular attendance, total training can be completed in four to six months. Each training session lasts approximately 30-45 minutes.
The procedure is based on an early study by Sterman and Friar (1972), who discovered that brainwave feedback made it possible to learn to inhibit epileptic seizures by enhancing low beta (12-16) which is referred to as sensory motor rhythm (SMR). As in current neurofeedback protocols for ADHD, Sterman and Friar’s patients were also trained to simultaneously minimize theta. The first preliminary case study application of this procedure to hyperkinetic children was by Lubar and Shouse (1977). The effects of neurofeedback appear to provide a change in performance without continual external intervention. Chartier and Kelly (1991) reviewed the effects of neurofeedback for ADHD on over 200 children treated by Dr. Joel Lubar at the University of Tennessee, Dr. John Carter at the University of Texas and Dr. Michael Tansey of Sommerville, New Jersey. Chartier and Kelly found neurofeedback training to provide significant and sometimes “dramatic” clinical improvements in children with attention deficit disorder. Parents and teachers of children who receive EEG neurofeedback training have reported dramatic behavioral improvements such as: Â finishing tasks, listening better, less impulsivity, greater motivation and focus, and higher self esteem. In some cases, medications are completely discontinued and in others they have been considerably reduced.
Although the review suggests that EEG neurofeedback approach is an effective intervention for addressing behavioral, listening, impulsivity, and attention problems in patients with ADHD, more research are needed to delineate optimal information for training sessions and follow up procedures Presently, limitations of neurofeedback include: 1) the need for additional controlled experimental studies demonstrating effects which are independent of developmental maturation and the potentially confounding effect of the therapists and parents’ attention during the course of treatments; and 2) the large number of sessions (up to 80; 6-8 months) required for permanent clinical and academic changes to occur.  While the field awaits additional research, however, the current EEG training  could be used either separately or can be combined with one or more than one of other traditional treatment approaches in order to eliminate or reduce some the possible drawbacks.
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