Health

Obesity and overweight become a huge problem that cause many people are out to find the most effective way on how to lose weight naturally or easy way to lose weight. There are many tons of replacement meal, supplements, tablets, drinks that promising you the soonest possible results once you take it. Do you know the answer if it is work? Some yes, some of them may not work.

Another question, is there any impact for your safety? No idea yet, but as we know that chemicals stuff either have bad side effects that are fatal when we take it in huge amounts. The questionable ingredients, quality and side effects of those synthetic chemicals are probably the reasons why most of the people are looking to for means on how to lose weight naturally. If you are one of them, here are some tips to help you shed off some pounds without ever taking anything synthetic.

Food is by and large the main source of calories for us all, and therefore, if we care about our weight, we should be paying at least some attention to what we eat and how much, as well. The reason being that our body handles calories by storing any excess as body fat.

This procedure is much influenced by our metabolic rate, which in turn is affected by how active we are and our genetics. Some people can eat a lot and yet not easily gain weight while others are not so fortunate. Nonetheless, it still helps to know and be mindful of the calorie content of foods, at least for common ones.

The amount of calories needed per day is also a factor, and finding out how much is an optimal calorie intake for your needs can help you in planning your daily meals better. This calorie intake is not fixed and depends a lot on individual needs.

An athlete may need 3000-4000 calories a day, depending on how intense their training is. It is said that a swimmer like Micheal Phelps needs more than 10,000 calories a day! A normal person would not need more than 1800 calories, but again this is highly subjective.

I once did a stint at a residential treatment center for boys between the ages of 13 and 30.  I was a writer then, too, but had reason to believe I needed a “real” major that would find me in a “real” job, and therefore (ha) took up psychology and a job at the center.  There, the boys were of varying ages and faced a range of difficulties—from low tolerance thresholds to autism to schizophrenia.  We counselors-in-training had weekly training sessions covering the most mandatory of procedures.  One of these included non-violent crisis intervention.

Non-violent crisis intervention is just as it sounds like it would be: if a counselor sees that a client is on the upswing of a tantrum, an outburst, or an incident, he or she is responsible to intervene—in, of course, a non-violent manner.  The idea or “trick” is to catch the person BEFORE he or she goes into a rage that will be self- or other-destructive.

So the practice sessions include role-playing.  One person would be the aggressive one, another would be the counselor engaged in the altercation, and a third would play the one who demonstrated non-violent crisis intervention.  One scenario went like this:  the person started acting out.  The counselor was coaching the upset one.  The second counselor would gently move in—behind the client—put his/her arms about under and through the arms of the raging one, in a benign full nelson, and with the hands now at the nape of the client’s neck would stroke the head of the client, gently bringing the client to a seated position in the counselors lap/front.  (The counselor is now also seated behind the client, still rubbing his head to calm him.)

The role-playing was fascinating and educational.  But the kinds of non-violent crisis intervention we often needed to practice were much less staged (obviously), involved much more dangerous situations than someone just stamping his feet and yelling, and required much faster and different bodily responses.  For example, I was cooking for the 12 boys one afternoon (which was the main part of my job then, as therapeutic cook).  David, who was a schizophrenic with tons of energy usually, loved to hang out in the kitchen with me, sitting at the small table and watching and engaging me in conversation.  He loved my imitations of people I had known, especially anyone who had a British accent or other dialect difference.  He would do impersonations of my impersonations over and over.

But David also had an anger threshold problem.  One day, he was in a pissy mood.  In the kitchen, he sat at the table denying all our usual funny jokes and silly banter, discounting all as crap.  He was depressed and hunting with eyes for excitement.  I was boiling water in an industrial-sized teakettle for Jello™ or something, and I noticed that his eyes landed on many possibilities but furtively returned in glances at that teakettle.  As he shifted in his chair, I lunged for teakettle, pouring it down the sink as my body blocked his from the sink and from reach of the kettle handle.  This was far different form the non-violent crisis intervention role-playing scenarios, yet was real and urgent nonetheless.

And at least once a week we faced such calls for intervention.  Cliff (who as a five-year-old stowed away under a bulkhead, watched as some freak murdered both his parents) would hammer and nail boards on his door and window of the room he stayed in at the house—from the INSIDE.  Rudy (who was left in a dumpster as an infant), had a broken leg but insisted on going on the camping expedition which included a two-mile hike in to the site, and at one water break cut off his cast three weeks early and ran away.  Larry, autistic at birth, would rock himself in a corner, banging his head until it was bloody, if no one stopped him in time.  And Terry, Mark, and Roger all climbed to the roof of the Victorian where they resided, where, joined by the usual leader, Cliff, they hurled items down to hear them crash, responding with joyful imitations of chimpanzees and other primates.

So the crisis intervention sometimes went further than holding someone on your lap—especially when the someone was on a roof three stories up or boarded behind several two-by-fours.

Nurses are probably the most in demand group right now, and it is a career that is quite rewarding. Not only do nurses make good money, but they get to help people every day of their workweek, and often set their own hours. Although it might seem overwhelming to train do be a nurse, with an accelerated nursing program you can greatly cut the amount of time it takes to become one, and be at it in your new career in no time. I had a friend who took one of the accelerated RN programs, and she is now practicing at a leading state hospital, enjoying her life more than ever. Although there are other ways to be a nurse than taking an accelerated nursing program, why would you want to dawdle when you could be part of this exciting profession today.

Of course, accelerated nursing programs are not for everyone. To really get the most out of an accelerated nursing program, you must be sure that you have the time to dedicate to your training. For example, if you work full time it is probably not even an option. You simply will not have time for an accelerated nursing program and your job, and there are so few of us who can afford to actually take time off of working, with the economy as it is. The good news is that, even if you cannot take an accelerated nursing program, you will probably be able to take classes at night to fit around your work schedule, and work towards your nursing degree at your own pace.

Although an accelerated nursing program is far less commitment than a full medical degree, it is still a good idea to make absolutely sure that nursing is what you want to do with your life before committing to it. You might want to talk to some nurses and find out about their jobs. Because of the shortage of nurses around the country, many hospitals will be most accommodating if you wish to ask them questions or interview their staff. You might even be able to sit in on a class at an accelerated nursing program to see what it is like, or perhaps to follow a nurse around and observe his or her workday first hand. That way, if you do decide to get into nursing and pursue it as a job, you will be completely ready.

When most people think of meditation, they think of sitting in lotus position for hours at a time, either feeling quite peaceful, or feeling quite miserable, and desperately trying to feel peaceful.

This image of meditation, though partially correct, is not conducive to inner peace.

It is based on two erroneous beliefs.

1. There is a right and a wrong way to meditate.
2. You must leave every day life and sit quietly in order to meditate.

Neither of these two beliefs are particularly helpful, and, more importantly, they miss the spiritual principle that Life is the Best Mediation Practice.

Let us examine the above two erroneous beliefs, and see if we can clarify what mediation and “Life as the Meditation” are really about.

Firstly, there is no “wrong” in meditating. If you feel you are doing it wrong, then that feeling should become your mediation. Turn “wrongness” into “rightness.” IN other words, do not try to change what you are experiencing. That is the key to joy. Nothing needs to change on the inside. If you are uncomfortable or worried then let those feelings flow. Take the breaks off. Trying to control them is futile. Instead, be at peace with them. Be at peace with your uncomfortableness.

Deep meditation always transcends ideas of right and wrong. It may sound strange, but just as there is no way to do meditation wrong, there is also no way to do meditation right. This means that deep and true medition is about the integration of apparent opposites. When right integrates with wrong, they cancel each other out. They blend and they merge, just like the yin yang symbol. Who you are, your truest nature lies in the middle. The middle is where the deepest meditation comes from.

One way to help integrate the opposites, and experience the center, is through practicing walking meditation. Walking meditation helps integrate “motion” and “stillness.” In walking meditation, you learn to be still on the inside, while moving on the outside. This is the sacred integration that engenders peace.

Once you get used to walking meditation, it starts to become obvious that anything can be a meditation. Doing dishes, walking the dog, folding laundry, and so on. There is no reason to separate meditation from daily living. You must join the two together. You must unify the poles.

All meditation starts now. It has already begun. Do not look for it in lotus position. It is always right here and now. Do not look for how to meditate correctly, instead let what ever arises be your meditation. You are whole and complete now, uncomfortable feelings and all, and your meditation is a reflection of that wholeness. Ride that reflection naturally and effortlessly, and you will discover true integration in your self.

College can be long, lonely and isolating. Some students develop depression, which is passing, but if it lingers it can become more serious.

Major depression can be quite severe and rob those diagnosed with this debilitating mental illness of their ambition to live. Unlike passing bouts of depression related to daily occurrences or life events, major depression is persistent and can be accompanied by other mental disorders as well, such as anxiety, paranoia, mania, and suicidal tendencies. Major depression can occur at any age to anyone, gender and ethnicity aside. This mental illness can become so cumbersome that sufferers cannot even get out of bed at times or participate in any favorite leisure activities that they enjoyed in the past.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which you can visit online at www.nami.org, approximately 9.9 million adults are afflicted with this condition in any given year. Of all mental illnesses, major depression is the most debilitating and is the leading cause of disability in the United States and many other developed countries. More than twice as many women than men are affected, and if untreated episodes can last from six months to a year or more, and lead to more serious situations, such as suicide. One a major depressive episode has occurred, it is highly likely that another episode will occur within that person’s lifetime.

There are different types of treatments for major depression, which usually include prescription drug treatment and psychotherapy. Of course before treatment can begin, the person suffering from symptoms of major depression must seek help or be encouraged to do so by friends and family. Major depression doesn’t just happen over night. It may start from a significant life event or develop slowly over a period of time, and symptoms may be very subtle at first, and the more severe the symptoms, the longer it will take for treatment to be effective. The most common symptoms patients with major depression report are feeling tired, sad, tearful, irritable, lack of appetite, or thoughts of self-harm.

If you or a loved one is suffering from major depression, then seek help from a qualified professional that can initiate treatment and get you or your loved one back on the track of life, and back to being happy. No one wants to spend their life in a bucket of tears, and no one has to, not with all the great new drug therapies and treatments available for major depression. It is possible to live symptom free with the right treatment, not to say that a relapse will never occur, but it will greatly improve quality of life for those who might have never thought it possible.

Society is increasingly neurotic even outside of the current economic climate.

Anxiety has become a medicated condition, but it is more endemic to our habits, to the rush, rush rush we all go through, in a world where we have been taught that faster is better. But paradoxically, slow is better. And actually more effective. And, it relieves the anxiety. It’s the difference between a shotgun and a sniper. The sniper will hit his mark cleanly, and effectively. But the shotgun can miss, or not hit the target with sufficient force to be effective. It’s the belief that scattering the effort will work. It can. But consider the effort.

In college as a student I started to get anxiety attacks, there was nothing more terrible, and I was willing to try anything for just a little relief. I was a poor student, unable to afford expensive counseling, and so the only anxiety treatment available to me was drugs. Back then they didn’t have the meds we have now, drugs like Xanax, Librium, and Valium, as well as non-prescription self-medication with pot and alcohol. But all these  anxiety treatments did was create a cycle of dependency, whether they were doctor prescribed, or self-administered. Although sedatives can be a great relief from a sudden anxiety attack, in the long run they make you even more unable to cope with your problems.

After these, and several other anxiety treatments, I finally discovered meditation. I cannot tell you how much it changed my life. No matter what problems you face in your life, meditation is really a panacea. The only problem is that it requires a lot of self discipline and at least an hour a day time commitment. For a while, I tried more conventional anxiety treatments, such as therapy, but I found these unsettling.

I could talk about my problems, and that provided some kind of relief, but although the strength of the anxiety attacks decreased somewhat, they still persisted until I got into meditation. Many people will say that you need to go to a doctor for anxiety treatments, but these people have not discovered the do-it-yourself method of calming the mind and body which I have profited from personally.

After years of therapy I can safely say that Meditation did more for me than years of therapy. The therapy was a bandaid, and became a dependency of its own. I don’t rule it out to help those in crisis, and by all means take the meds to alleviate the symptoms (THEY WORK!) But begin to meditate.An excellent book I used to get me started was Tobin Blakes “The Power of Stillness” which is available from Amazon. I’ll be adding a live link soon, so please check back.

You may be plagued by anxiety attacks, and just knowing that if they do come, you have a quick and easy way to stop them is really a precious bit of reassurance. Whatever anxiety treatments you are using, it is still best to have an emergency weapon against the dreaded panic attack. If they are severe, use a doctor and take the medications. If you want a long-lasting change, learn to meditate. It will change your life. You will learn joy.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a disorder in which a person has

1. a grandiose self-importance,
2. preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success
3. a driven desire for attention and admiration
4. an intolerance of criticism,
5. and disturbed self-centered interpersonal relations
6. They are often referred to as being conceited
7. They generally have a low self-esteem, as well They act selfish interpersonally, with a sense of entitlement.

I suffer from it. I see my doctor and take a cocktail of meds. Believe me it is difficult not to be the master of the universe, but I am trying to learn not to be.

We may feel like some of the most unlucky, most victimized people on the planet until we meet, or in my case, give birth to a child with ADHD (Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder), also known as ADD or adult ADD. Imagine a npd mother raising adhd child I was diagnosed with NPD, and it is difficult to say the least to deal with an adhd child but I often think it is my lesson in life. A way to pry open the condition I have been given, and raise my son with love that I did not know I had in my narcissistic interior. But maybe you have yet to experience the books, magazines (yes, whole magazines are devoted to Attention Deficit Disorder), articles, and other media sources giving up-to-date and exceptionally helpful information on ADHD, ADD, and the companion maladies (such as depression, manic episodes, and illnesses related to or brought on as a fallout of our having this complex disorder). I had to stop being me, and find the space in MY world for my beloved adhd child. God works in mysterious ways, indeed. Hope this helps. So here are a few places for you to look, sources for you to consult, or communities for you to join: ADDitude Magazine – I found copies of this in my colleagues office, where, as a differential skills therapist she worked with many students with ADHD. The magazine is so real-world coping, so progressive and proactive, I subscribed to it after reading the first two or three articles.

Any books by Thom Hartmann—Dr. Hartman, an ADD specialist, has clinical, casual, and readable materials. He also writes of a theory he has about ADDers, saying we are the hunters in a hunter-gatherer society—where secretaries, assistants, accountants, and agents, for instance, are our gatherers to our creative, out there, dynamic go-go-go personalities…. That book is titled ADHD Secrets of Success, though his other books and articles are equally fascinating and supportive.

You Mean I’m Not Crazy, Stupid, or Lazy? Will, if you have never read any information on ADHD yet, change your life. It was the first book I grabbed after a student with whom I worked and a friend recommended it to me. It is written by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo, and is thorough, candid, and most informative. Also good to know, maybe, is that publishers rejected this book many times, so the authors humped it to bookstores until it finally got taken (by a VERY wise publisher). It is one of the best-selling books on ADHD, and when you read it, you will know why, and you will agree.

Other supportive and ADHD-proactive authors include Sari Solden and Michelle Novotni, who both tout and praise the creative side of ADDers, when many have written us off as having merely behavioral problems. Au contraire, say Novotni and Solden: we are some of the most creative people one could ever hope to meet.

And here are some urls for sites and specialists with whom I have limited experience but whom and which I have studied intensely:

ADHD Websites and Specialists

• ADD Consults– http://www.addconsults.com/
• All Kinds of Minds–allkindsofminds.org
• Disabled Peoples International—dpi.org
• Disability Information + Resources– http://www.makoa.org/index.htm
• Information Center on Disabilities and Gifted Children — http://ericec.org/digests/e560.html
• Learning Disabilities Resources– http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Disability/LD/ld_resources.html
• National Arts and Disability Center– http://nadc.ucla.edu/
• PSPIZ—Artists with Disabilities– http://www.pspiz.net/
• Breath & Shadow, ROSC’s Journal of Literature and Disability Culture– http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath/

So we can quit bellyaching any time now, for not only are we gifted, I think, with the unusual talents and skills that come with being an NPD, but we are gifted with technology, sources, and resources for information on ADHD that not many before us (say, 20 years ago) knew about or had access to. Npd and adhd research are both almost rising simultaneously. And like my son, we grow together.

Reading the latest ADHD article, I was surprised on how far treatment of attention deficit disorder has come since I was a kid. You see, I had childhood ADHD, and I can tell you first hand that, back then, there was only one option for treatment. That was to medicate. Oh sure, sometimes there was counseling used for ADD, but every ADHD article that I read at the time said that the only solution was to medicate. Fortunately, it is not that way anymore, according to every article on ADHD I’ve read recently.

Of course, the truth is that it varies between doctors, so an ADHD article tells an absolute, definitive medical position, but if you look at the facts, things really have changed a whole lot in the last ten years. The cutting edge in ADHD article research is now focused on the stories of kids who have been treated for ADD successfully without medication. There are many reasons why things have changed so much, so here are a few.

One of them is simply the fact that there have not been enough longitudinal studies done on the effects of using speed on kids. ADHD medication is usually made up of powerful stimulants, and although there has not been an epidemic of kids dying or anything like that, nevertheless, there is no one who knows for sure if these medications are really as safe for kids as they are claimed to be by the pharmaceutical industry. According to one ADHD article that I read, the reason that treatment by medication became so popular in the first place has to do with the tremendous amount of money which has been invested into ADHD articles by the pharmaceutical industry to claim that the medications are safe. More than one ADHD article questions this wisdom and says that, not only are the medicines not safe, but there are more effective treatments available today.

Some of the treatments advocated in an ADHD article are things like NLP, or various behavior modification programs, but many doctors say that they have gotten good results through simple things like diet. Now that my kid has developed ADHD, I think that I will try out what these articles have to say. Even if I can not find the solution in any ADHD article, it is worth trying if it means that there is a chance that my kid will not have to take medication.

One of the best things about the Internet and about serious, scholarly, and devoted professional help sites is being able to find the accurate, timely, and truly informative articles related to your search. Finding ADHD journal articles and scholarly articles written on ADHD for people like me is easy and fast and is truly a blessing.

While we can find astoundingly apt materials in the bookstore on ADHD (Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder), such as Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo’s lifesaving book, or those equally useful works by Thom Hartmann, Shari Holden, and others, the ADHD article is quicker, more easily accessible (online, I mean), and is just as valuable as written by an ADHD specialist, expert, and/or professional.

Partial ADHD Journal Article List

• Trauma exposure among children with oppositional defiant disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Ford, Julian D. Racusin, Robert Daviss, William B. Ellis, Cynthia G. Thomas, Julie Rogers, Karen Reiser, Jessica Schiffman, Jill Sengupta, Anjana from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1999 Oct Vol 67(5) 786 789
• Attention deficit and disruptive behavior disorder symptoms: Usefulness of a frequency count rating procedure to measure these symptoms by Burns, G. Leonard Walsh, James A. Patterson, David R. Holte, Carol S. Sommers Flanagan, Rita Parker, Colleen M from European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 2001 Vol 17(1) 25 35
• Assessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder via quantitative electroencephalography: An initial validation study by Monastra, Vincent J. Lubar, Joel F. Linden, Michael VanDeusen, Peter Green, George Wing, William Phillips, Arthur Fenger, T. Nick from Neuropsychology. 1999 Jul Vol 13(3) 424 433
• Association of parental psychopathology to the comorbid disorders of boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Pfiffner, Linda J. McBurnett, Keith Lahey, Benjamin B. Loeber, Rolf Green, Stephanie Frick, Paul J. Rathouz, Paul J from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1999 Dec Vol 67(6) 881 893
• Does parental ADHD bias maternal reports of ADHD symptoms in children? by Faraone, Stephen V. Monuteaux, Michael C. Biederman, Joseph Cohan, Sharon L. Mick, Eric from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 2003 Feb Vol 71(1) 168 175
• Executive function, memory, and learning in Tourettes syndrome by Channon, Shelley Pratt, Polly Robertson, Mary M from Neuropsychology. 2003 Apr Vol 17(2) 247 254
• Big Five dimensions and ADHD symptoms: Links between personality traits and clinical symptoms by Nigg, Joel T. John, Oliver P. Blaskey, Lisa G. Huang Pollock, Cynthia L. Willicut, Erik G. Hinshaw, Stephen P. Pennington, Bruce from Journal of Personality & Social Psychology. 2002 Aug Vol 83(2) 451 469

• Gender differences in psychiatric comorbidity among adolescents with substance use disorders by Latimer, William W. Stone, Andrea L. Voight, Amanda Winters, Ken C. August, Gerald J from Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2002 Aug Vol 10(3) 310 315
• Double blind placebo controlled trial of methylphenidate in the treatment of adult ADHD patients with comorbid cocaine dependence by Schubiner, Howard Downey, Karen K. Arfken, Cynthia L. Johanson, Chris Ellyn Schuster, Charles R. Lockhart, Nancy Edwards, Ann Donlin, Judy Pihlgren, Eric from Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2002 Aug Vol 10(3) 286 294
• Comprehensive evaluation of attention deficit disorder with and without hyperactivity as defined by research criteria by Barkley, Russell A. DuPaul, George J. McMurray, Mary B from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1990 Dec Vol 58(6) 775 789
• Effects of medication, behavioral, and combined treatments on parents and childrens attributions for the behavior of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Johnston, Charlotte Leung, Debbie W from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 2001 Feb Vol 69(1) 67 76
• Self regulation of affect in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and non ADHD boys: Differences in empathic responding by Braaten, Ellen B. Rosen, Lee A from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 2000 Apr Vol 68(2) 313 321
• Effects of chronic nicotine and methylphenidate in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Levin, Edward D. Conners, C. Keith Silva, Donna Canu, Will March, John from Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2001 Feb Vol 9(1) 83 90
• The efficacy of problem solving communication training alone, behavior management training alone, and their combination for parent adolescent conflict in teenagers with ADHD and ODD by Barkley, Russell A. Edwards, Gwenyth Laneri, Margaret Fletcher, Kenneth Metevia, Lori from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 2001 Dec Vol 69(6) 926 941
• Effects of methylphenidate and expectancy on performance, self evaluations, persistence, and attributions on a social task in boys with ADHD by Pelham, William E., Jr. Waschbusch, Daniel A. Hoza, Betsy Pillow, David R. Gnagy, Elizabeth M from Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2001 Nov Vol 9(4) 425 437
• Is There a Link Between Adolescent Cigarette Smoking and Pharmacotherapy for ADHD? by Whalen, Carol K. Jamner, Larry D. Henker, Barbara Gehricke, Jena Guido King, Pamela S from Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2003 Dec Vol 17(4) 332 335
• Childhood ADHD and Adolescent Substance Use: An Examination of Deviant Peer Group Affiliation as a Risk Factor by Marshal, Michael P. Molina, Brooke S. G. Pelham, William E., Jr from Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2003 Dec Vol 17(4) 293 302
• Pathways to Violence in the Children of Mothers Who Were Depressed Postpartum by Hay, Dale F. Pawlby, Susan Angold, Adrian Harold, Gordon T. Sharp, Deborah from Developmental Psychology. 2003 Nov Vol 39(6) 1083 1094
• Childhood predictors of adolescent substance use in a longitudinal study of children with ADHD by Molina, Brooke S. G. Pelham, William E., Jr from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2003 Aug Vol 112(3) 497 507
• Contrasting cognitive deficits in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder versus reading disability by Pennington, Bruce F. Groisser, Dena Welsh, Marilyn C from Developmental Psychology. 1993 May Vol 29(3) 511 523
• The persistence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder into young adulthood as a function of reporting source and definition of disorder by Barkley, Russell A. Fischer, Mariellen Smallish, Lori Fletcher, Kenneth from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2002 May Vol 111(2) 279 289
• An animal model of attention deficit disorder: The female shows more behavioral problems and is more impulsive than the male by Sagvolden, Terje Berger, David F from European Psychologist. 1996 Jun Vol 1(2) 113 122
• Review of the evidence base for treatment of childhood psychopathology: Externalizing disorders by Farmer, Elizabeth M. Z. Compton, Scott N. Burns, J. Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 2002 Dec Vol 70(6) 1267 1302
• Understanding the relations among gender, disinhibition, and disruptive behavior in adolescents by Hartung, Cynthia M. Milich, Richard Lynam, Donald R. Martin, Catherine A from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2002 Nov Vol 111(4) 659 664
• Covert antisocial behavior in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: External validation and effects of methylphenidate by Hinshaw, Stephen P. Heller, Tracy McHale, James P from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1992 Apr Vol 60(2) 274 281
• Methylphenidate reduces abnormalities of stimulus classification in adolescents with attention deficit disorder by Klorman, Rafael Brumaghim, Joan T. Fitzpatrick, Patricia A. Borgstedt, Agneta D from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1992 Feb Vol 101(1) 130 138
• Diagnostic efficiency of symptoms for oppositional defiant disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Waldman, Irwin D. Lilienfeld, Scott O from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1991 Oct Vol 59(5) 732 738
• Additional considerations for children’s attentional performance: Reply to Share by Tarnowski, Kenneth J. Prinz, Ronald J. Nay, Susan M from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1988 Aug Vol 97(3) 376 377
• Selective attention deficits in persons with autism: Preliminary evidence of an inefficient attentional lens by Burack, Jacob A.
  from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1994 Aug Vol 103(3) 535 543
• Intellectual performance and school failure in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and in their siblings by Faraone, Stephen V. Biederman, Joseph Lehman, Belinda K. Spencer, Thomas et al from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1993 Nov Vol 102(4) 616 623
• The effects of story structure on the recall of stories in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Lorch, Elizabeth Pugzles Diener, Mary Beth Sanchez, Rebecca Polley Milich, Richard Welsh, Richard van den Broek, Paul from Journal of Educational Psychology. 1999 Jun Vol 91(2) 273 283
• Attention deficit hyperactivity and conduct disorder: Comorbidity and implications for treatment by Abikoff, Howard Klein, Rachel G from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1992 Dec Vol 60(6) 881 892
• A comparison of three family therapy programs for treating family conflicts in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Barkley, Russell A. Guevremont, David C. Anastopoulos, Arthur D. Fletcher, Kenneth E from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 1992 Jun Vol 60(3) 450 462
• Relation between childhood disruptive behavior disorders and substance use and dependence symptoms in young adulthood: Individuals with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are uniquely at risk by Flory, Kate Milich, Richard Lynam, Donald R. Leukefeld, Carl Clayton, Richard from Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2003 Jun Vol 17(2) 151 158
• Which treatment for whom for ADHD? Moderators of treatment response in the MTA by Owens, Elizabeth B. Hinshaw, Stephen P. Kraemer, Helen C. Arnold, L. Eugene Abikoff, Howard B. Cantwell, Dennis P. Conners, C. Keith Elliott, Glen Greenhill, Laurence L. Hechtman, Lily Hoza, Betsy Jensen, Peter S. March, John S. Newcorn, Jef frey H. Pelham, William E. Severe, Joanne B. Swanson, James M. Vitiello, Benedetto Wells, Karen C. Wigal, Timothy from Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. 2003 Jun Vol 71(3) 540 552
• Neuropsychological correlates of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Explainable by comorbid disruptive behavior or reading problems? by Nigg, Joel T. Hinshaw, Stephen P. Carte, Estol T. Treuting, Jennifer J from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 1998 Aug Vol 107(3) 468 480
• Spatial attention deficits in humans: A comparison of superior parietal and temporal parietal junction lesions by Friedrich, Frances J. Egly, Robert Rafal, Robert D. Beck, Diane from Neuropsychology. 1998 Apr Vol 12(2) 193 207
• Do boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have positive illusory self concepts? by Hoza, Betsy Pelham, William E., Jr. Dobbs, Jennifer Owens, Julie Sarno Pillow, David R from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2002 May Vol 111(2) 268 278
• Visual selective attention deficits in patients with Parkinsons disease: A quantitative model based approach by Maddox, W. Todd Filoteo, J. Vincent Delis, Dean C. Salmon, David P from Neuropsychology. 1996 Apr Vol 10(2) 197 218
• Injury risk factors in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Farmer, Janet E. Peterson, Lizette from Health Psychology. 1995 Jul Vol 14(4) 325 332
• Dual task attention deficits in dysphoric mood by Rokke, Paul D.q Arnell, Karen M. Koch, Michelle D. Andrews, John T from Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2002 May Vol 111(2) 370 379
• Understanding source effects in ADHD rating scales: Reply to DuPaul (2003) by Burns, G. Leonard Gomez, Rapson Walsh, James A. de Moura, Marcela Alves from Psychological Assessment. 2003 Mar Vol 15(1) 118 119
• Assessment of ADHD symptoms: Comment on Gomez et al. (2003) by DuPaul, George J from Psychological Assessment. 2003 Mar Vol 15(1) 115 117
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More ADHD related information and articles can be found at the following resources

• BornToExplore.org, offers information and a number of helpful, informative ADHD articles for scholarship and personal use.
• ADDitude magazine is online and by subscription, and has so many practical and realistic ADHD articles for the professional, the student, the parent, and the adult that you will want your own scrip! I discovered the magazine through the college where I worked, and read every magazine issue cover to cover. I then had to subscribe, so I wouldn’t be tempted to keep the copies I borrowed.
• Breath and Shadow, a monthly (or thereabouts) newsletter put out by ROSC as the Journal of Literature and Disability Culture, is for writers and artists with any or all disabilities, and issues a monthly newsletter with a predetermined theme, but occasionally you might get an ADHD article.