I have worked with youngsters and adults with ADHD and find it astounding that in certain cases little is known by families, carers and the individuals about this disorder. Is this in light of the fact that resources are lacking, or on the grounds that opinions are divided on the condition itself? Alison Munden (1999) remarked that numerous families come to become despondent, on the grounds that their endeavours to find either a explanation for ADHD or a cure have been unsuccessful. I will begin with a brief look at the common treatments for ADHD followed by a literature review exploration of the choice of ADHD treatments. There are a lot of conflicting views and opinions for the treatment of ADHD I will look at four types or “treatments”
Although this research has helped many psychologists (Erickson et al, Everett waters) with their experiments this one may not be very valid, because the results may not apply to infants with different cultures and beliefs, therefore we cannot generalize the results as it was only tested on middle-class US children. Another fault in the experiment was that it didn’t take into account the extraneous variables which may have
Some of the children remained at the institution while others had left and had to be either adopted or restored to their original families. Restored children were less likely to form attachments but adopted children were attached like normal children. However, both groups of ex institutionalised children had problems with peers. These findings suggest that early privation had a negative effect on the ability to form relationships even when given good emotional care. This supports Bowlby's theory of sensitive period.
Describe and evaluate explanations for forgetting There are several explanations as to why we forget particular information in an ‘everyday’ context. This essay will examine the different explanations of forgetting – specifically trace decay, displacement, interference and cue dependent forgetting. Forgetting from short term memory is usually due to lack of availability as STM has limited capacity& duration. Forgetting from long term memory is due to lack of accessibility, the information is still there due to LTM’s unlimited capacity and duration, but at the point of recall it is inaccessible to the person. One explanation of forgetting from short term memory is called trace decay which assumes that memories leave a trace in the brain.
The author of this article, Jeannine Aversa, is stating that key economic indicators point to the likelihood of a recession. Aversa supports her thoughts by noting the real GDP; “crawled at a 1.3 percent pace in the opening quarter of 2007…even weaker than the sluggish 2.5 percent rate in the closing quarter of last year.” The author suggests the main cause of the economic slowdown is due to “the housing slump.” Consumer expenditures are driving the economy, but Aversa worries about a “fallout from risky mortgages and rising energy prices.” Uncertainty of the Feds actions concerning the interest rates is leading to lower investment spending. The author also states that the Feds decision on raising or lowering the interest is due to the
- ISBN 1-57230-396-4). Although the early behavioral approaches were successful in many of the neurotic disorders, it had little success in treating depression. Behaviorism was also losing in popularity due to the so-called "cognitive revolution". The therapeutic approaches of Aaron T. Beck and Albert Ellis gained popularity among behavior therapists, despite the earlier behaviorist rejection of "mentalistic" concepts like thoughts and cognitions. Both these systems included
In this syndrome, people are unable to form new memories. Researchers and clinicians working on alcoholism identified a link between these two conditions that is, Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome. The dangerous syndrome starts with the Wernicke’s encephalopathy and if proper treatment is not provided to the patient it becomes Korsakoff syndrome. The symptoms in the initial phase, that is Wernicke’s encephalopathy, appear suddenly with the most common ones being mental confusion and memory related problems. On examination, it was also found that patients having this syndrome have difficulty in moving the eyes.
When analyzing one child who may, or may not, see side effects which include tics, anxiety, chest pain, psychiatric disorders, or blood pressure changes, there is something to keep in mind about the widespread use of such tactics on the children and their developing mentality. The old saying goes, “the children are our future,” with that being said, what future are we establishing with this plethora of medication? Long term physiological and psychiatric effects are in much debate with very little data on either, however, there are some concepts that do not require firm statistics to realize an issue in the making. An article on anti-depressants brings to light a concern that does not appear much in the ADHD debates, that of a child's sense of self (Sharpe, 2012). Adults diagnosed with depression, or even adult ADHD, have an idea of who they were before the medication, and as such, can see the differences that medication may, or may not, have made.
The likelihood of the contemplation of one’s childhood before being summoned to act in a prosocial way is slim. Another objection with all the experiments in the study is that it is assumed that all of the participants have fond and innocent memories of their childhood. A person who had experienced a tougher childhood or was forced to grow up quickly, is less prone to having responded in a participatory way after having reminiscing their childhood. Although this was investigated in experiment four, I do hold true to these reservations and believe it was consistently flawed. Another dilemma I had with the study is the fact that self-report data is often unreliable.
Discrimination and stigma of dual diagnosis can be isolating, which often results in patients not seeking care in the first place. Individuals with a dual diagnosis face treatment challenges, this often relating to the lack of appropriate services available for patients with a dual diagnosis. Lack of funding for public substance abuse and mental health delivery systems consequently results in people with a dual diagnosis being placed on waiting lists, leaving them untreated or with the option of private mental health services. Patients may not be able to access private mental health services, due to their lack of money or inadequate private health coverage to cover the long-term treatments, which are required for patients with a dual diagnosis. Services available to a patient with a dual diagnosis are often restricted due to their co-morbid disorder, until this disorder is treated they are unable to access these particular services (Drake, Essock, Shaner, Carey, Minkoff, Kola et al, 2001).