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Depression, eating disorders, self-injury, manic depression (bi-polar), anxiety and other mental health disorders are now being diagnosed by more and more medical doctors compared to previous decades. Mental health is just now becoming an accepted term in our society and families who become more aware of their mental health history can often take advantage early in life with treatment and programs to reduce symptoms and side effects. ScottCounseling offers numerous article on mental health and the importance of keep yourself mentally fit.

ADD Assessment: What’s in an ADD/ADHD Assessment?

What’s involved in an ADD assessment?
It’s important that a parent who has a child with symptoms of attention deficit disorder go through an assessment process conducted by a trained profession. ADD is a medical diagnosis. Many school counselors or school psychologist may initiate the process by interviewing the child, parent(s) and teachers to see if the child […]

Dealing with ADD/ADHD: Treatment Options

What Treatments or Interventions Work?

There are a variety of interventions that seem to lessen the severity of ADD/ADHD. Behavior modification that takes place in both the home and school has been used to help manage this disorder. Medical facilities that specialize in working with children who are ADD/ADHD can recommend a behavioral therapist who can assist the child […]

Dealing with ADD/ADHD: Is There A Cure For ADD/ADHD?

Is There A Cure For ADD/ADHD?

Not yet. There is no known cure for ADD/ADHD. However, for many children and adult behavioral therapy, medications, schooling and parenting strategies that involve teaching children coping techniques have all proven to be successful interventions.

Research seems to indicate that only one in three children who are diagnosed with ADD/ADHD are able to overcome […]

Dealing with ADD/ADHD: Parenting A Child With Attention Deficit

Is ADD/ADHD Caused by Poor Parenting?

No! In fact, to date, scientists have not been able to find the gene that you may have passed on to your child to bring about ADD/ADHD. However, research studies have indicated that nearly 50% of all parents who have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD have children with this disorder. Ten to thirty percent of close relatives […]

Dealing with ADD/ADHD: What Causes ADD/ADHD?

What Causes ADD/ADHD?

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Medical experts believe that brain structure and function play a role in causing ADD and ADHD. The brain’s frontal lobe (located near our forehead) has often been the point of concentration by medical research teams. Through the use of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) these teams have found that the frontal lobes […]

Dealing with ADD/ADHD: Who Decides on Treatment?

Diagnosing ADD/ADHD is a medical decision. Parents have a right to get a second or third opinion. Parents who get the best medical advice often report that they have had their child assessed by a trained medical doctor and nurses who specializes in this field. The medical facilities that employs educational and learning specialist who work directly with the doctors, children, schools and their families are […]

Dealing with ADD/ADHD: Is ADD/ADHD Real?

Is ADD/ADHD Real?

There’s a lot of television program, books and even medical professionals that dispute the fact that ADD and ADHD are real medical disorders. Some well- meaning authors have written books claiming “doctors and teachers are drugging our children!” Other individuals who claim to be ADD/ADHD experts report that too many children are being “over-diagnosed.” Many parents, especially fathers, often feel that active kids are […]

Dealing with ADD/ADHD: Signs and Symptoms of ADHD

Signs and Symptoms of ADHD

The hyperactive and impulsive child may begin to show the signs and symptoms presented below before they enter first grade. Parents who have children who can’t sit still in preschool and continually here from the teacher that their child “is much more active than the other children,” usually see some of the other signs presented below while their child is at home, […]

Dealing with ADD/ADHD: The Basics

According to the American Psychiatric Association, as defined in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV-TR, ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) have held numerous labels over the years. There are three different types of ADHD.

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Primarily Inattentive Type (ADD)
  • This type of distracted and inattentive disorder is commonly referred as ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder.
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Primarily Impulsive […]

Mental Health and Mental Illness

Mental Health and Mental Illness

Mental health is how we think, feel and act on our emotions as we progress through life. Just as we are concerned about our physical health, we need to be concerned about our mental health. Like physical health, mental health is important at every stage of life. Whereby physical health affects our core body, mental health is the affects derived from our brain.

Everyone worries, feels anxious, sad or stressed. But with a mental illness, these feelings do not go away and are severe enough to interfere with your daily life. Just as poor physical health can interfere with completing physical chores, activities and tasks that require the physical movement of our body, poor mental health can make it difficult for us to communicate or […]


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