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...told me about the exhibition, gave me a flyer, then said “Don’t believe psychiatry! It’s an industry of death! ADHD doesn’t exist...
...kids and teenagers using high-powered magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). For each volunteer, he creates a unique photo album, taking MRI snapshots every two years and building a record as the brain morphs and grows. Giedd started out investigating the developmental origins of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism ("I was going alphabetically," he jokes) but soon discovered that so little was known about how the brain is supposed to develop that it was impossible to figure out where things might be going wrong. In a way, the vast project that has become his life's work is nothing...
Pruning Problems The new discoveries about teenage brain development have prompted all sorts of questions and theories about the timing of childhood mental illness and cognitive disorders. Some scientists now believe that ADHD and Tourette's syndrome, which typically appear by the time a child reaches age 7, may be related to the brain proliferation period. Though both disorders have genetic roots, the rapid growth of brain tissue in early childhood, especially in regions rich in dopamine, "may set the stage for the increase in motor activities and tics," says Dr. Martin Teicher, director of developmental biopsychiatry research at McLean...
...Thank you for printing such an informative and optimistic article about fragile X syndrome. My 10-year-old son has fragile X with autism and ADHD. I look forward to the day when we can shout from the mountaintops that we have a treatment that works miracles. Jennifer Nardo, Hockessin, Delaware...
Thank you for printing such an informative and optimistic article about fragile X syndrome. My 10-year-old son has fragile X with autism and adhd. I look forward to when we can shout from the mountaintops that we have a treatment. Jennifer Nardo, HOCKESSIN...