It seems that whenever I turn the radio or TV on lately, there is somebody talking about the staggering numbers of kids being treated for ADHD. The very latest CDC (Center for Disease Control) data show that nearly one in five high school-age boys in the United States and 11% of school-age children across the [...]
In the past month, I had the opportunity to speak to over 700 people who attended my Parents, Take Charge workshops in South Africa. The workshop registration form asks participants to answer the question:’ ‘What would you like to get out of the workshop?’ Parents poured their hearts out in response to this question. They [...]
The preliminary results of a research study was reported at the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Boston. These results show that for the 10 top pediatric conditions, children accounted for 60% of patients but only 12% of the clinical drug trials. This is pretty scary when you consider that decisions about drug treatment for [...]
Here’s an illogical scenario. You discover you have a nail in one of your car’s tires which is causing it to leak air. You take it to the tire repair shop and ask them to leave the nail in the tire and instead do a temporary repair of some kind around the nail that will [...]
Today I sat across the table from a wonderful lady who lost her son 18 months ago to drugs. He was in his early twenties. Her journey to that terrible moment was one that hundreds of thousands of parents can sadly relate to. When he was six years old he was diagnosed with ADHD. [...]
If you want to know the real truth about anything, described in graphic and honest detail, ask kids. That’s exactly what a TV station and I did in South Africa – we conducted a focus group with children between the ages of seven and twelve to discover how they interpret stress and what they do [...]
I can still see this father, sitting on the couch in my office, looking so sad and anxious as he asked me, “Dr Gluckman, where is my little boy? The teachers are happy since he is on medication but he is not the same little boy he was before”, Then there is the mother who [...]
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