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With school ending and summer vacation starting, many parents of children with ADHD wonder whether or not it makes sense to do a “drug holiday” until school resumes in the Fall. The Child Mind Institute recently provided some commentary on this issue for both parents and clinicians. The bottom line answer, as it is for […]
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by John Koutras, MD A recent NIMH funded study in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry found risperidone to be more efficacious than lithium or divalproex sodium for childhood mania. The Treatment of Early Age Mania (TEAM) study comes from 5 centers across the country. The trial was a controlled, randomized, but […]
Sensory Over-Responsiveness and Psychiatric Disorders by John Koutras, MD A new study sheds light on the link between children who are hypersensitive to sounds, textures, etc. and the presence of psychiatric disorders. This condition has been termed sensory over-responsivity (SOR), or difficulties in sensory integration. While the presence of SOR can clinically be a red […]
Compared to the media attention given to what teachers and schools can and should do to improve education, parents have sometimes seemed like an afterthought. Maybe no more, as a New York Times article highlights a couple reports recently published about how parents can help their children succeed at school. The article summarizes findings from […]
