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The Impulsive Brain – Core Psych Radio

by Dr Charles Parker on July 1, 2009 · 0 comments

This Explosion Does Work… – The Impulsive Brain Doesn’t

Many of the explosions we see at school, at work and in our daily lives create massive havoc. At CorePsych Radio, tomorrow [sorry for this late post] I will outline for our radio listeners my presentation at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, discussed more fully in this last post.

Agenda for the radio program in pdf here for downloading and is also available at the CorePsych Radio Agenda page [links for the show there]. Details for the October program in the pdf.

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Tagged as: ADHD diagnosis and treatment, alcohol and substance abuse, Bipolar Disorder, impulsive brain, old dominion university, Traumatic brain injury

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ADHD Diagnosis – The Label Search: Hyperactivity, Impulsivity?

by Dr Charles Parker on May 17, 2009 · 2 comments

: Image by Jerrold via Flickr

ADHD Hyperactive Diagnosis: Labels By Description Miss the Mark

The Treatment Challenge: If we shoot our best medications by appearances, by description, and thereby miss the person, miss how that person actually functions, we often shoot wild.

This brief YouTube summary discusses Hyperactivity from the current coding perspective. If we think more functionally and target functional change, we can become more successful with treatment strategies.

Regrettably, diagnostic targets remain mostly descriptive because brain function remains, to some, a mystery in the office. SPECT functional brain imaging experience shows, reassuringly, that we can and should change the way we ask questions – without scanning every patient.

See what you think. You heard it first here…

Stay tuned for my next video on ADHD Diagnosis: ADHD Anxiety is real.

ADHD vs. OCD: Brain regions and bloodflow patterns (adhd-treatment-options.blogspot.com)
A multi-pronged approach to ADHD works best (nationalpost.com)
Kyudo, The Way of the Bow (historyofmartialarts.blogspot.com)

Tagged as: ADD and ADHD, adhd diagnosis, ADHD diagnosis and treatment, Disorders, Health, Hyperactivity, Mental health, Pharmaceutical drug, Single photon emission computed tomography, SPECT & Brain Imaging, youtube

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ADD/ADHD Non-Med Treatment: Neurofeedback

March 26, 2007 Beyond ADHD

ADD/ADHD: So what do you do if you don’t want to use meds?
Yes, the meds work fast, and often well, if you work them correctly.
I have discussed ADD: The Media, The Meds, and The Madness at CorePsychPodcast with four episodes on diagnosis, meds, wrong meds and metabolic challenges that often go overlooked. Also posted [...]

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