Doctor’s Blog
Medical Crossfire- 4 videos by experts on adult ADD
Education about ADHD in adults is critical for everyone. In addition to my work in the public sector and assistance to public media (newspaper, magazines, and TV), I’m also involved in teaching physicians how to best identify their patients who have ADHD/ADD. My friend, Anthony Rostain, MD at the University of Pennsylvania and I did […]
USA Today Oct 25 quote from Dr. Goodman
With the recent release of the American Academy of Pediatrics diagnostic and treatment guidelines highlighting attention on preschool children and adolescents, USA Today newspaper is running a story in the Life section of today’s (October 25, 2011) paper. The author, Kim Painter, contacted me for background material and a teenager who has been recently diagnosed […]
“Why do you ask me the same questions?”
Yesterday a patient, clearly annoyed, asked me “Why do you ask me the same dumb questions each time I see you? How’s your mood been? How’s your sleep and appetite? Any side effects from the medicine? Did the side effects you mentioned last time go away? Is the medicine still serving its purpose?” Yes, I […]
How do people come to see me for an adult ADHD evaluation?
Adult ADHD is now one of the most discussed topics in psychiatry. Physicians discuss it because there are an increasing number of research publications in the past few years. The general public talks about it because there have been many articles in newspapers and magazines. Business people discuss it so as to identify employees whose […]
The Force of Information to Change People’s Behavior
As I write this blog, I am on an airplane to Las Vegas to delivery a lecture at a conference, Master Clinicians in Psychopharmacology, on adults with ADHD to almost 200 psychiatrists from around the country. I have just finished watching a program on TED TV by Thomas Goetz on formatting medical information for patients’ […]
Risky behavior associated with ADHD in adolescents and adults-A patient’s history
I was recently asked by WebMD for my expert opinion on risky behavior by adolescents and adults with ADHD. Beyond all the research to cite increase substance/alcohol use, increased unplanned pregnancies, increased legal encounters, increased driving accidents with injuries, increased drop-out rates in high school and college, increased unemployment, the author decided to put a […]
Adult ADHD in Europe
Sitting on a plane back from Berlin, Germany, I thought I’d convey information about adult ADHD you may not readily find. I had the opportunity to be invited to a small meeting of international experts on adult ADHD from several countries (2 from North America, 3 from Europe). The purpose of the gathering was to […]
Patients’ reactions to the diagnosis of ADHD
My 38 year old attractive blond female patient started crying when I told her at the end of my evaluation that she had ADHD. Believing I said something upsetting, I apologized, as it was not my intent to make her sad. She said “No, that’s not it. I’m crying because I’m happy. “ Puzzled, I […]
Recent report of misdiagnosis of young children and ADHD
If you have found this blog, you have probably read the recent report from a large study out of the Michigan State Univ of young children being overdiagnosed with ADHD. From a data set of 12,000 children, the authored discovered that children who were the youngest in class had a higher likely of being diagnosed with ADHD, […]
Why is my ADHD bothering me now?
ADHD (or ADD without the H) is a disorder whose symptoms start in childhood. Two of three of these children will continue to have symptoms to an impairing degree beyond age 18 . Of the adults with ADHD who are diagnosed in adulthood, only 25% were ever diagnosed as a child (Kessler et al 2007). […]