Wednesday 24 June 2009

Severe ADHD

Severe ADHD cannot be treated with pills. What we need are skills ! Skills? Yes, skills learnt from behavior modification. That is why the UK government actually pays for parents of kids with severe ADHD to attend classes. What do they learn in these classes ? They learn how to impose limits, set up a rewards system and a behavior chart. Laying down the rules and the bottom lines and learning the skills needed to keep to them is essential.

If your kid is totally unmanageable and out of control and is causing problems at home and at school, then read the article on severe ADHD


Learn about a great behavior modification course for severe ADHD

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Thursday 18 June 2009

Self Help for Depression

Why don't doctors advise us more about our lifetsyle when prescribing anti- depressant medications ? This is a good question because it raises the whole question about self help for depression. Apart from the side effects of depression medications which include weight gain and loss of libido, there are many things the depressed person can do to change his or her whole lifetsyle and even get rid of the medications. For example, we now know that three times a week sweat breaking exercise can be just as effective as a good dose of the SSRIs which doctors are so fond of prescribing ! THEY ALSO FORGET TO TELL US THAT AS SEROTONIN WHICH GOVERNS OUR MOOD ALSO CONTROLS OUR APPETITE AND OTHER ESSENTIAL BRAIN FUNCTIONS

Read the full article here on SELF HELP FOR DEPRESSION

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