This article explores electronics' growing influence on your child's brain and sleep quality, and suggests you simply "unplug".
Misdiagnosed? Bipolar disorder is all the rage!
Recently I gave a presentation to U.C. Irvine Medical Center’s Neuropsychiatry Department, entitled “The Negative Effects of Video Games and Electronics on Mood, Behavior, and Brain Development“. At the last minute, I added in a slide on children being misdiagnosed with mental disorders when the child was really suffering from being over-stimulated by electronics. A …
Oxidative Stress and the Central Nervous System: If This Brain Could Talk! Part I
Part 1 of understanding oxidative stress, brain health, and mental illness.
Video Games and other Devices…They’re Worse Than You Think!!
Do you have an uneasy feeling that playing video games is bad for your child's brain? It's worse than you think! Check out this post on Dr Dunckley's FREE Save Your Child's Brain minicourse, and take the first step to getting your child back on track.
Prevent Bullying presentation by Tourette Syndrome Association
Here’s an excellent presentation by Julie Hertzog, director of the Bullying Prevention Project. There are links to both a slide show and an audio MP3 version. Included is a much-needed discussion on what bystanders can do to help diffuse bullying situations. Tourette Syndrome Audio Conference.
#1 Cause of Environmentally-related ADHD and ADHD-like symptoms
#1 Environmental cause of ADHD and related symptoms is electronic over-stimulation.
Tips on Managing Oppositional/Defiant Behaviors in Your Child: PART 3
Here’s the 3rd post in this weekly series about managing oppositional/defiant behavior. Rule 3: Make your request into a game. To utilize this technique, you have to be creative. Creative, not brilliant! If you can’t come up with games easily, brainstorm with your partner, a teacher, or a fellow mother to come up with some …
Are you a mother of an autistic child and currently pregnant? Univ of Oregon seeks subjects for Vitamin D supplementation study
Study seeks participants for vitamin D study in pregnant mothers with autistic children.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Behaviors: Tips to manage problematic behavior in your child PART 2
Part 2 in a series on managing and reducing oppositional defiant behaviors in your child.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Behavior: Tips to manage problematic behavior in your child PART 1
Tips for managing oppositional defiant behaviors in your child: a weekly series.