Telepsychiatry and ADHD med management

May 05, 2016  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

A new study found that managing medications for ADHD via telepsychiatry was more effective than the more common practice of transferring med management to primary care: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26258927  

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Self-improvement

May 04, 2016  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers,For teens   |   Click on title to comment!

SuperBetter is a app game that helps you with your personal goals. Its uses include: To adopt a new habit, develop a talent, learn or improve a skill, strengthen a relationship, make a physical or athletic breakthrough, complete a meaningful project, or pursue a lifelong dream. To beat depression, overcome anxiety, cope with chronic illness […]

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Teens and social media

May 03, 2016  |   For parents of teenagers,For teens   |   Click on title to comment!

A new paper by Murdoch University suggests that teens experience similar feelings of happiness and lower levels of sadness, jealousy and worry when with friends on social media and other online forums as they do when they are actually in the company of their friends than with their families http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/online-friends-equally-potent-teenagers-murdoch-university-study/7380810  

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Teens and internet addictions

May 03, 2016  |   For parents of teenagers,For teens   |   Click on title to comment!

A new survey from Common Sense Media found that: Half of teens and over one-quarter of parents feel they’re addicted to their mobile devices. At least a few times a week, more than three-quarters of parents and 41 percent of teens feel the other gets distracted by a device and doesn’t pay attention when they’re […]

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CDC Recommends Behavior Therapy as First Line of Treatment for Young Children with ADHD

May 03, 2016  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

http://www.chadd.org/Understanding-ADHD/About-ADHD/ADHD-Weekly-Archive/Newsletter-Article.aspx?id=52#sthash.OnaQjIjy.dpuf

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