Does ADHD always equal disaster? Not necessarily! This is the verdict of Prof Michael Fitzgerald from Trinity College in Dublin. In last week’s article we focused on his historical research that investigated the lives of some great movers and shakers of the past. According to his research it is possible to retroactively diagnose ADHD in [...]
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Beware: New Labels Being Invented
It seems that the world is about to become a much more mentally unstable place! All that it will take is the publication of a revision of a very important book: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). This publication is the ‘Bible of Psychiatry’ as it describes all the mental disorders known [...]
New Study Confirms the Importance of Environmental Factors in Dealing with ADD/ADHD
One of the most enduring debates in the world of psychology is the one dealing with nature versus nurture. In its essence this debate boils down to the question whether your psychological state (and your thoughts, feelings and behaviors) is primarily determined by your genes (nature) or your environment (nurture). This is obviously not an [...]
The Positive Aspects of ADD/ADHD (1)
Does ADHD necessarily equal disaster? If you consult the mass media you could be forgiven if you think that this is indeed the case. Most references to the condition focus on ways in which it can make life difficult for those who have it. While there is no denying that ADD/ADHD can have some very [...]
Another Reason to Quit: ADHD and Smoking
It is very interesting to observe how profoundly a culture can change in the matter of a few short decades. One of the areas where this has certainly happened over the past 20 years is the public perception of smoking: As late as the 1980s smoking was still seen as a trendy, if somewhat risky, [...]
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