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ADHD News Articles
from the adhd information library
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Here is your weekly edition of your ADHD News Articles from the ADHD Information Library at http://newideas.net. Visit us for the latest news and insights on parenting and teaching those with ADHD.
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Essential Fatty Acids and ADHD
The studies on Essential Fatty Acid levels in Attention Deficit Disorder subjects vs. non- ADD ADHD subjects are interesting.
The ADD ADHD groups had significantly lower concentrations of key
essential fatty acids than did the control groups, and about 40% of the
ADD ADHD group showed these signs of EFA deficiency:
* increased thirst,
* frequent urination,
* dry skin,
* dry or brittle hair.
Low levels of Omega 6 EFAs contributed to higher incidents of illness
(colds, flu, etc.), and deficits in Omega 3 EFAs contributed to
problems with learning, behavior, sleep, and temper.
Continue reading this article...
This full article can be found at:
http://newideas.net/adhd/research/essential-fatty-acids
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Teen Suicide Rates Increase as Prescriptions Decrease
A lot of teenagers, and even children, are prescribed antidepressants, somewhere from 1% to 1.5% of the population. At one point studies estimated that as many as 1.66% of children or adolescents were prescribed antidepressant medication, but after the FDA required a "black box" warning label for the medications in 2005, the prescription rate has dropped. The warning label states that the use of antidepressants among children and teenagers is associate with an increased risk of suicial thoughts, and suicial behaviors. So physicians have backed off of prescribing the medications. However, the estimated suicide rate among American adolescents is about 16%.
So, as a result of fewer depressed teenagers receiving antidepressant treatment, the suicide rate among teenagers has gone up. See Hamilton B, et.al., Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: 2005. Pediatrics. Also see Greenhouse, J., et.al., Generalizing from Clinical Trial Data: A Case Study. The Risk of Suicidality Among Pediatric Antidepressant Users. Carnegie Mellon University. Follow along with me here:
1. Antidepressants can increase suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children and adolescents who were not having any, or many, suicidal thoughts or behaviors, according to a study of 4,600 children and teens (and, by the way, no one in this group of 4,600 committed suicide). This was the basis of the FDA's black box warning label.
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| New ADHD Videos Online
We are doing our best to keep up with the latest technologies, but remember, we are clinicians not media savy web guys. So we are in the process of producing brief information videos on various ADHD related topics for parents and teachers. We hope to be able to product from five to ten videos each month, in our "spare" time.
The first five videos are now online at the ADHD Information Library. See what you think. Here are the topics:
Take a look at them, we hope that they will be at least somewhat helpful. And give us your feedback so that the next generation of videos can be even better.
Thanks,
Doug Cowan, Psy.D.
Clinical Editor - ADHD Information Library
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