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The Challenge, the Creativity, and the Adventure of ADD Louis B. Cady, M.D. 3r
Louis B. Cady, M.D. Statement of previous or current support
The Third Annual Mulberry Center Institute ADHD Lecture Series
ADD/ADHD - Disorder or Syndrome?
ADHD: "Disease du jour"? Why the "epidemic" of ADHD in kids & adults? The Cad
Why the backlash against ADD/ADHD?
Attention Deficit Disorder: an EASY diagnosis
ADHD: Hyperactivity/impulsivity type - DSM-IV
The Four Flavors of DSM-IV ADHD
How the diagnosis is "missed"
Cady's Caveats:
Cady's Caveats - continued
"But my child can't have ADD/ADHD because (s)/he"...
Evidence that child is not guilty of "not trying hard enough"
An adult's "presenting complaint" - (direct quote)
Another ADHD Adult - 22 years old - the literal words:
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President Clinton "explains" the November 8, 1994 election results:
Frequently asked questions
The fierce resistance to medication and legitimate diagnosis of ADD/ADHD
The Biological Basis of ADHD: An Answer to the "Critics"
Size of the caudate nucleus in ADHD [adapted from Castellanos, Giedd, Eckburg,
Dramatic difference in caudate nuclei between ADHD and "normals" as measured by
RESULTS: normal pattern of slight but significantly greater right caudate volum
Standardized characteristics belie difference in IQ scores - already [adapted f
Brain Metabolism in Teenagers with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Zam
Characteristics of 20 adolescents in Zametkin study
Zametkin, 1993: Comparison of Mean (SD) values for Normalized Local Cerebral Gl
Brain chemicals determine behavior [Kruesi, Hibbs, et all. A 2-year prospectiv
Negative correlation between 5-HIAA and HVA levels in CSF and happy outcome in
More evidence of chemical determinants of behavior [Raine, et al. Selective re
Similarities of ADHD & frontal lobe injury Frontal lobe injured patients have:
Poisoned monkeys: another way to investigate location & mechanism of ADHD
Monkey Psychopharmacology...
The Cady cognitive feedback loop: conceptualization of intra-psychic feedback
Prospective Long Island Jewish Medical Center/New York Psychiatric Institute St
WHY THE TRAGEDY?
A logical conception of the sequelae of untreated ADHD
ADD/ADHD: The GOOD NEWS...
ADHD: The advantages
ADHD: A case history...
ADHD: another case of "disorder"?
ADD/ADHD: The psychological advantages (adpated from Hartman, Thom. ADD Succes
Les Brown: from "educable mentally retarded" to the pinnacle of success...
Les Brown: the success
"Typical" Cady ADHD patients
The Good News About ADD/ADHD in the 1990's
More good news!
ADD Info - all around you!
The "Hunter" Theory - Thom Hartmann
"What's the point of ADHD?"
Anthropologic observations [from Jay Fikes, Ph.D., quoted in ADD Success Stori
Where did all the hunters go? [adapted from Thom Hartmann, ADD Success Stories]
Born in the USA!! A Nation of Hunters
"How to Be a Winner" - comes naturally to ADHD'ers
ADD/ADHD: The BAD news
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Psychiatric illness & educational accomplishment: [Kessler, Foster, Saunders, S
ADULT ADHD: Some common characteristics:
"In later years, the syndrome [ADHD] tends to wane and spontaneously disappear.
Children do not necessarily "outgrow" ADHD in adolescence: the fallacy of "beni
ADULT ADD/ADHD: THE FACTS
What are (some) of the symptoms of Adult AD(H)D?
Key Point: MEDICATION IS NOT THE ONLY, SOLE ANSWER!!!
THERAPIES & SOLUTIONS - KIDS
School & society:
ADD IN THE CLASSROOM
Intervention strategies in ADHD students
"Behavior Mod - 101"
Classroom characteristics which promote success for many children who have ADD:
Teacher characteristics that will be helpful with children with ADD:
Doc Cady's Down-Home Guide to Education with ADD/ADHD
CAN WE TALK?!
SOC it to me, or, "What to do after the medicine works?"
STOP!
SODA
UNDERSTANDING - the key to success in life and teaching the Cady cognitive fee
UNDERSTANDING - the Cady cognitive feedback loop a study of the teaching paradi
The Cady cognitive feedback loop: a self-fulfilling prophecy in a "bad attitud
TREATMENT: breaking the pessimism cycle
PARENTING STRATEGIES
Maxim: Not the best parenting in the world will take the place of the proper do
Specific suggestions
DEPRESSION: Recognize it in you and your kids The "SSIGECAPS" Acrostic [DSM
Signs of depression in children & adolescents:
PARENTS HURT TOO!
Review of symptoms
BE PROACTIVE! The ABC's of Love - Louis B. Cady, M.D.
SUCCESS: - a few good disciplines, repeated each day
MY CONTRACT WITH YOU Goals for the conference
Let's get up to date!
ADD/ADHD: A Positive View Don't be a victim ("organic brain disease") - be a vi
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