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To all coaches! Terry Matlen of ADDconsults confirms that AD/HD Success! Solutions to Boosting Self-Esteem is a wonderful book to use by coaches who work with kids! Thanks Terry

Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository has established a stem cell repository for the National Institute of Mental Health. The biology of mental health disorders has been especially difficult to study because brain tissue from affected individuals is seldom available.

“”Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR) has established a stem cell repository for the National Institute of Mental Health that will better enable researchers to study a variety of mental health disorders, including autism, attention deficit disorder, major depression, and schizophrenia, that affect millions of Americans.”

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Children and adults diagnosed with ADD/ADHD struggle with memory simply because of their shortened attention span. Memory is only as good as the information you put in it, you can’t remember what you put into it.

“People with ADHD tend to have weaker working memories as compared to their overall intelligence. I often say this gap is comparable to the gap people with ADHD have between their potential and their actual performance. People with ADHD tend to have ‘blinkier’ working memory, so information is taken in but then dropped or knocked out before the information transfers into long-term memory.”

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The team of specialists at the Neuropaediatrícs Unit of the University of Navarra Hospital assisted in the design of “AULA”, a novel test aimed at providing a more precise and complete diagnosis for ADD/ADHD. This team of specialists has over 25 years experience in diagnosing and treating Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

“The new tool is based on the development of sophisticated software that introduces the child to a virtual scenario similar to a school classroom. According to the company, “the tool is designed to evaluate the processes of attention and help in diagnosing the disorders caused by the deficit”. The test was tried on a sample of 1,500 children between the ages of 6 and 16.”

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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition … Everything else is secondary.” – Written by Steve Jobs

Some parents believe that artificial food additives, particularly those derived from petroleum, are largely responsible for behavioral issues in children.

“A 2004 study published in the journal Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics concluded that food dyes (many of which are petroleum-based) can contribute to hyperactivity disorders in “sensitive” children. This study, along with two others, helped lead Britain’s Food Standards Agency to recommend a ban on six artificial dyes. The European Union’s food safety agency, however has dismissed the studies as too broad to draw any solid conclusions about the safety of food dyes, and a U.S. industry group, The Grocery Manufacturers of America, has agreed with this conclusion.”

Some ingredients aggravate symptoms of ADD/ADHD, such as:

• Blue #1
• Red #40
• Yellow #5
• Yellow #6
• Sodium benzoate

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Pediatric health advisers in the U.S. on Thursday urged drug regulators to continue
studying weight gain and other side-effects of antipsychotic drugs, especially in children. They also urged the agency to specifically look at how to clarify the drugs’ labels to highlight concerns
about their impact on children, namely the risks of weight gain and diabetes.

“Significant numbers of U.S. children are receiving drugs to tame aggression, attention deficit disorder and other mental problems, even though there is little conclusive data to show exactly how the medications work or whether they damage kids’ health.”

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The use of Ritalin and Adderall continues to rise in treating ADD and ADHD. The study, conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is published in the Sept. 28 online edition of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

“The study’s authors tracked U.S. prescription data from 1996  to 2008. They found the use of ADHD drugs was the highest among kids aged 6 to 12, rising slightly from 4.2 percent in 1996 to 5.1 percent 12 years later.”

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Fish oil also has been shown to improve brain health by preventing cognitive decline and improving learning, attention and focus. Deficiency of omega-3 fatty acids is associated with a variety of mental, emotional and learning disorders, including ADHD, autism, depression, learning disabilities, bipolar disease and schizophrenia.

“Fish oil has shown benefits for improving mental skills such as organization, attentiveness and clear-thinking, say Quinn. A study published in the October 2010 issue of the journal “Acta Pediatrica” found that supplementation with eicosapentanoic acid, EPA, one of the essential fatty acids in fish oil, improved behavior, increased attentiveness and decreased impulsiveness in children with ADHD between the ages of 7 and 12.”

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