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Innovative Program Focuses On Improved Care For Children With ADHD

An innovative program is helping busy primary care physicians improve the care they provide for school-aged children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to a study led by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and published in the July edition of Pediatrics.

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Protein On 'Speed' Linked To ADHD

A genetic change in the dopamine transporter -- one of the brain's dopamine-handling proteins -- makes it behave as if amphetamine is present and "run backward," Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators report this week in The Journal of Neuroscience.

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Online Conference Transcript

Children with Attention Deficit Disorder

When it comes to ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), Brandi Valentine, sitemaster of ADHD News, went through the school of hard knocks. She shares her home and school experiences of raising 2 ADHD children, so you don't have to learn everything the hard way.

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Visit Our New ADD/ADHD Forums

Have your visited our new mental health forums - bulletin boards area? It's a place where people with psychiatric conditions or their family members and friends can post questions regarding the mental health issues that confront them today. We encourage you to post your questions and to offer your advice and experience. Sharing is helpful to everyone.

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Powerful Documentary Films at HealthyPlace.com

HealthyPlace.com unveiled four of the most powerful mental health videos you have ever seen. These are stories about sexual molestation, rape, eating disorders and teens trapped in abusive relationships.

What makes these mental health films different and so moving is that they describe the impact of physical and sexual violence and misperceptions on their victims.

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What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don't?:
Social Skills Help for Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Ad/Hd) a Reader-Friendly Guide

Focusing on social skills training for adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders (AD/HD), this book offers solutions for tackling behavior that is often inattentive, impulsive, and hyperactive. Advice is given on how to handle common social problems such as manners, etiquette, communication, subtext, listening, and interpersonal relationships.

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Video News

Learn about ADHD among African Americans, and the growing divide in the number of minorities seeking ADHD treatment.

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ADHD Drugs

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Myths and Facts

There's been a lot of talk in recent years about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as ADHD. And with all the talk has come a lot of misinformation. Is this a real disease? If so, what are the causes? And how is it diagnosed? Join our panel as they help us separate fact from fiction.

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Depression and ADHD

Bipolar, or ADHD With Depression?

Can bipolar disorder mimic ADHD with depression, or vice versa? Can lithium work with ADHD? Or do we have a strange mix of disorders in our genetics? It seems that these disorders are similar but diagnosed differently, and people wind up on different medications, such as Ritalin for some and lithium for others.

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Between Feb '98 and today, Shelly's 12-year old daughter has had 17 acute hospitalizations and 27 months of residential treatment. Her daughter suffers from Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder. Shelly discusses her daughter's troubling behaviors, the reasons behind them, and what she's learned from her daily emotional struggle.

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