Divorce and ADHD
From Reuters: Divorce rates higher when child has ADHD. Parents of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more likely than other parents to divorce before their child’s 8th birthday, a new study suggests. The study included nearly 500 couples – 286 had a child with ADHD and 206 had a child without this [...]
ADHD: Overdiagnosed?
A question came up in class the other day: do I believe ADHD is over-diagnosed? Students ask this question every semester. Parents ask me the same question in my counseling office on a regular basis. I’ve always had a problem with the term over-diagnosed. I keep thinking of a retailer who has over-stocked a particular [...]
Parenting a Child with ADHD
Contemporary Pediatrics has advice for parents of children with ADHD: A guide for parents on child ADHD. The advice includes: If your child, at peak, can focus on her or his homework for 30 minutes without a break, consider an average “win” or success to be 20 or 25 minutes. Parents should “look into the [...]
ADHD
Eli Lilly produces a medication treatment for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Lilly’s ADHD drug – Strattera – is not selling well. One analyst predicts a continuing slide in market share through 2011. Lilly, though, believes the drug is viable and plans to get that message out. Part of their new marketing strategy is to let [...]
