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Why Depression Treatments Sometimes Fail: Major depressive disorder remains a diagnostic chameleon.

As seen in Psychology Today. A bombshell went off in psychiatry last year when Moncrieff and colleagues’ systematic review in Molecular Psychiatry concluded, “We suggest it is time to acknowledge that the serotonin theory of depression is not empirically substantiated.” Their review revealed that there is a lack of good science to support the notion […]

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Is ADHD Becoming More Common?: Not necessarily, but awareness is.

As seen in Psychology Today. For many years, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was typically thought of as a condition that affected children and adolescents and remitted as they grew older, but there has been a notable increase in ADHD diagnoses in adults recently. Why is that? ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a pattern […]

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ADHD — Strength in the Checklists: The Foundation of Consistency

As seen in Psychology Today. Routine as a Tool to Manage ADHD  Patients with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) typically fall into one of three subtypes: predominately inattentive, predominately hyperactive/impulsive, or combined. These symptoms can interfere with academic, social, or occupational functioning. Though ADHD has long been thought of as a condition that only affects children […]

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