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My review of “Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists”

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:45-05:00April 25th, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Books, Depression/Anxiety, Medication|Tags: ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, book, book review, Depression, Medication, Psychopharmacology|

My review of Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists has been posted at Metapsychology Online Reviews. It can be read at: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=6045&cn=390 An excerpt: "One of the many great features of this book is that even before it addresses specific disorders and medications, it provides the reader with a thorough background regarding the biology of psychiatric [...]

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Here’s one of my blog posts translated into Mandarin!

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:45-05:00April 11th, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Books|Tags: 10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD, ADD, ADHD, China, Chinese, Happiness, Lingyu Centre, Mandarin, translation|

The Lingyu Blog asked if they could translate my blog post "Happy children make happy adults" for their site. The Lingyu International Psychology Centre is based in Toronto, and they provide counseling at centers around the world. "10 Simple Solutions" has been translated into Mandarin - you can order that version here: http://www.bookssearching.com/product/100001/879068/ Here's my blog [...]

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5 Things to Know About Your New ADD Diagnosis

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:46-05:00March 23rd, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD|Tags: ADD, ADHD, attention, deficit, disorder, hyperactivity, New Harbinger, Stephanie Sarkis|

I've written an article for New Harbinger's "Off the Couch" series: Approximately 4 percent of the U.S. population has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – that’s 13 million people. If you find out you are one of these 13 million people (welcome to our exclusive club, by the way!), here are the top 5 things that [...]

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My Books on Adult ADD: The Excitement of Helping Others

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:46-05:00March 15th, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Books|Tags: ADD, ADHD, attention, authors, Books, counseling, help, hyperactivity, self-help, Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, Stephanie Sarkis, writing|

People often ask me, "How have you been able to write 4 books on adult ADD?" I tell them this: 1) I have a passion for writing. 2) I have a passion for helping others. 3) By writing books on ADD and by disclosing I have ADHD, I can let people know that they are not [...]

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Proposed DSM-5 Changes for ADHD

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:46-05:00March 14th, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Books, Research|Tags: ADD, ADHD, attention, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diagnosis, DSM, DSM-5, DSM-IV, DSM-V, focus, hyperactivity, impulsivity|

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association, will have a new edition published in 2013. This edition will be called the DSM-5. (This is a departure from previous editions, because a roman numeral will not be used in the title.) The DSM is used by clinicians to determine [...]

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Woman’s Day: Adult ADD, includes my new book

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:46-05:00March 8th, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD|Tags: ADD, ADHD, adult ADD, adult ADHD, Daily Dose, Stephanie Sarkis, Woman's Day|

Woman's Day did a great job using my latest book to define the signs of adult ADD. "Daily Dose: Could it be Adult ADD?" by Barbara Brody, Health Editor, Woman's Day: http://dailywd.womansday.com/blog/2011/03/daily-dose-could-it-be-adult-add.html

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Moderate sleep loss impairs vigilance and sustained attention in children with ADHD

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:46-05:00March 7th, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Parenting, Research, School, Sleep|Tags: ADD, ADHD, attention, children, diagnosis, disorder, focus, hyperactivity, insomnia, sleep, sleeping, study|

ScienceDaily (2011-03-04) -- A new study indicates that the ability of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to remain vigilant and attentive deteriorated significantly after losing less than one hour of nightly sleep for a week. "Moderate sleep restriction leads to a detectable negative impact on the neurobehavioral functioning of children with ADHD and healthy controls, [...]

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This is kind of what it’s like to have ADHD.

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-11-20T07:53:46-05:00January 31st, 2011|Categories: ADD, ADHD, Animals|Tags: ADD, ADHD|

This is a good example of what it is like to have ADHD. See the bouncy sheep (He's kind of hard to miss)? That's us - the ADHD people. We just hop around having a good time. See those other sheep? Those are the non-ADHD people. They kind of stand around quizzically, wondering what we think [...]

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Adult ADHD significantly increases risk of common form of dementia?

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-10-05T06:45:50-04:00January 31st, 2011|Categories: ADHD, Dementia|Tags: ADD, ADHD, Alzheimers, Dementia, Lewy|

ScienceDaily (2011-01-18) -- Adults who suffer from attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more than three times as likely to develop a common form of degenerative dementia than those without. Researchers confirmed the link during a study of 360 patients with degenerative dementia and 149 healthy controls, matched by age, sex and education. "Our study showed [...]

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ADHD: The Experts Weigh In

By Stephanie Sarkis|2016-10-05T06:45:50-04:00January 3rd, 2011|Categories: ADHD|Tags: ADD, ADHD, answers, everydayhealth, everydayhealth.com, Experts, questions|

EverydayHealth.com asked a variety of ADHD experts (including me) for their answers to commonly asked questions. http://www.everydayhealth.com/adhd/expert-answers-on-adhd.aspx

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