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 [...]
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ADD/ADHD Misdiagnosis: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder often mistaken for ADHD
I have often written about the huge problem of ADD/ADHD misdiagnosis. This problem makes me think of the old proverb that says: “If you only have a hammer everything looks like a nail!” Modern medicine have become so preoccupied with sticking the ADD label on kids that it is very often the first diagnosis that [...]
ADD/ADHD Drugs and the Placebo Effect: Shocking New Research
We are all familiar with the so-called ‘placebo effect’. This is where someone begins to feel significantly better after receiving ‘fake’ medication (usually a sugar pill or a tablet with no active pharmacological ingredients). The existence of the placebo effect amply demonstrates that the belief that a condition is being treated can sometimes be as [...]
Dr. Mary Ann Block – Whatever it Takes!
7 • Categories: Avoid ADD Diagnoses, Avoid ADD Drugs, Blog Posts, Step #1 Avoid the Bad, Video • by Jon Bennett
Many of the ideas expressed in “3 Steps To Conquering ADD” fly in the face of our current medical solution for ADD ADHD. While many countries have become more progressive (like Australia) the USA is still very entrenched in the “drug only” approach to ADD ADHD. Dr. Mary Ann Block is surely an Ally in [...]
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