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Behavioral Treatments for ADHD

Yes, there are effective behavioral interventions for ADHD!

Blake Lancaster, PhD, pediatric psychologist, presents a review of non-pharmacologic interventions for ADHD. The presentation includes an overview of current state of affairs in ADHD treatment, a review of behavioral approaches to treating ADHD, and recent research insights.

Presented at the 6th Annual Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Symposium in June 2017.

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  1. @robertk4898 on

    Yes! There are many problems with how this is dealt with! Clinicians seem to be looking for problems & try to create artificial problem situations to get reactions from their patients which is just manipulation… It feels awful and all they do is try to provoke me & I end up leaving! This is mostly in Psychiatry or Psychologists that give out meds… I get more help from family counselors who don't vilify me & try to medicate me. But I'm an adult & this seems like it's more for kids.. Been there.. They should have never medicated me so young! It wasn't fair & I"m pissed off about it! That doctor was trying to get up my mom's skirt… But many of them seem to be in the field for the wrong reasons in my opinion…

  7. @pbriffy on

    Something about this doesn’t quite add up to me. To put it bluntly — it already sucks to lose your temper, it sucks to forget your homework, it sucks to say something embarrassing to a peer that leads to everyone laughing at you. (And unless your parents are not very involved or are very permissive, when you get in trouble at school, you’re already going to be in trouble when you get home, even without a worksheet to make it official.) In other words, I don’t think it’s true that there aren’t enough consequences for bad behavior in ADHD, because if a parent is seeking treatment it means the natural consequences must already be pretty intense. I can see something like this helping for conduct disorder or ODD, and given that those sometimes co-occur with ADHD, maybe that’s the real reason you see a big dramatic effect. But I’m confused as to why it would help for just ADHD by itself, when the issue seems to be more about lacking the ability to inhibit or regulate a certain behavior IN THE MOMENT. I’d be curious to hear an explanation from people who work on this.

  9. @shellyfreckleton9957 on

    Strongly believe that some of these nonpharmacologic treatments for children with ADHD are effective eventhough some children responds well to prescription drugs properly explained to the child

  11. @cindyperez2837 on

    Extremely helpful, I appreciate the explanation of the studies. My son is 7 and he has Inattentive ADHD, and we will avoid pharmacologist treatment

  14. @lm0026 on

    Blake talks so slow I had to record this at 2× the speed then play it at 2× the speed. Good content though slightly slow for neurodivergents

  21. @hanskraut2018 on

    I agree with the methodology mistake as described but i do not nessesarily agree that behaviour treatment works so far only medicaiton treatments and only dosed perfectly (almost never done). Use AI/machine lerning/chatGPT to crawl adhd medicaiton or behaviour treatment logs to find corrolations and so on (bascially evolve and be a human and use a computer pls) (also look for misaligned insentives (stress vs patient) (low money vs other stuff more money) (more money if treatment works?) (what metrics are used?) (do the people police/rate themselfes?) (public anti med anti adhd pro therapy pro natural fallacy bias big) (anti adhd misunderstandings / beleives very strong because people told to shut up and communication bad and lyers have been around noone trusts anymore)

  22. @hanskraut2018 on

    This was never done even remotely and im switzerland basel city highest gdp per capita and healthcare system quite wisely and everyone has it. Not done. Cant imagine what 3. or 2. w countrys are like

  23. @hanskraut2018 on

    There seems to be massive pro therapy / natural fallacy bias (inside of me when i was 12) and int he population also could be bad methodology. I heared both sides swear against and for.

    So pls like what adhd model did you use? just attention and hyperactive and nothign else ? like how annoying and fidgety they are? (not good enoght subsurface)

    i agree on the testing outcomes afer behaviour treatments stoped and varrying behavior dosage. But also you should controll or put scam/fake behaviour treatments that play into biases of people but are not what works (have to say what it is because if you choose a obviouly fake /bad one it wont work as a placebo) also dubble blind not possible so problematic still get at least independant evaluators and differetn evaluators and check for contracdictory evaluations.

    people easily impressed get coimputers in there show longterm outcomes use barkley borwns execuztuve funcitons / subcontious stuff / motivation / drive / enjoying things (not selfreport but actually how much do you do for X how much discomfort ETC)

  28. @MaryLewis-b8p on

    "Behavioral treatments for ADHD are a crucial component of managing this condition effectively. Dr. Tonmoy Sharma, a distinguished mental health specialist and author, in collaboration with Sovereign Health institution, have consistently employed evidence-based behavioral interventions to help individuals with ADHD. Testimonies from both employees and patients underscore the transformative impact of their services, emphasizing the positive changes in individuals' lives. These interventions often encompass techniques like cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychoeducation, and skill-building strategies to enhance self-regulation and coping mechanisms. Dr. Tonmoy Sharma's advocacy for individuals with ADHD is integral to their mission, ensuring that those in need receive the expert guidance and support to thrive while managing their ADHD effectively."

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