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The Role of Medication in the Multimodal Treatment Plan of AD/HD

Understanding Your Phobias
Phobias are more common than most of us realize. And luckily, they are one of most treatable forms of emotional distress.
Obesity in Children Often Missed by Doctors
There has been a great deal of attention focused on the increasing number of obese and overweight children in America. Somewhere between 33% and 50% of children have a weight problem! Despite this, recent research shows that physicians are not accurately diagnosing the problem in the vast majority of cases.
Promoting Responsibility in Children
Helping children become responsible adults is the goal of most parents. Here are some ideas for encouraging the development of that important life skill.
4 Parenting Styles Learn about 4 different types of parenting, and how those approaches impact children.
Mindfulness Exercises
Learn more about using mindfulness to help engage more fully, to calm over active thinking, and to appreciate the moments your world has to offer.
Depression: What is it?
Learn more about diagnosis and treatment of depression.
Texting May Be Taking It's Toll
Teenagers and texting. Thousands of texts each month is not uncommon. What toll is that taking on our kids?
Managing Traumatic Stress
Disasters are often unexpected events that result in a variety of different responses by each individual person who is affected. Here in the Houston area, we need to prepare for natural disasters such as hurricanes, as well as other traumatic events than can happen to anyone at any time. Knowing what happens to individuals after trauma, common responses, how to help oneself and loved ones and when to seek further, more professional, help is critical in the process of recovery.
Panic Attacks: What Are They?
Panic attacks strike millions of Americans every year. Learn more about panic attacks and panic disorder.
Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention Do you doodle when you are bored? Do your kids? Well, good news. New research suggests doodling can help you pay attention to boring information better than if you are not doodling.
15 Ways To Be Mindful Mindfulness can be added into your day at anytime and many different ways. Here are some suggestions for adding it into your life.
School Day Routines Getting the family back into routines after the laid back days of summer can be trying. Here are some suggestions to make it easier.
School Refusal What is school refusal? Where does it come from? And how do I help my child who is struggling with it?
Differentiating Anxiety and ADHD Anxiety can be misdiagnosed as ADHD, which results in ineffective treatments, frustration and wasted time. This articles helps explain the differences and similarities between the two.
The Role of Medication in the Multimodal Treatment Plan of AD/HD Dr. Moreland summarizes different medication options useful for treatment of AD/HD symptoms. He includes information on both stimulant and non-stimulant medication typically prescribed, dosing and monitoring support, and side effects.
Parenting Kids with ADHD This article provides specific parenting strategies helpful for kids with ADHD.
Changes in the New Year Change is good, but hard. This article gives you concrete pointers on maintaining or renewing those New Year's Resolutions.
Bullying: How Should Parents Respond. Part I Turns out bullying is not exactly what we thought it was. And to top it off, it's changed a great deal since we were kids. This article provides a more updated understanding of the topic as well as some essential ways to help your kids if they are dealing with bullies.
Overview of Psychiatric Medications in Children and Adolescents Multiple charts of psychiatric medications used in children and adolescents with their uses and common side effects.
Stressed Out Parenting This article provides a look at some of the assumptions parents are making these days that are causing stress, and how that stress is negatively impacting our kids.
Overview of Psychiatric Medications in Children and Adolescents - II
Journaling
Misbehavior: One Way Parents Teach Kids to Disobey Kids misbehave for many many reasons. Sometimes, kids misbehave because their parents have accidentally taught them to. One common parent-child interaction pattern, known as the "Coercion Cycle," is described in this article, along with ways to break this unhelpful pattern.
Nutrition and Anxiety Practicel techniques to decrease anxiety and panic attacks through the food we eat.
Bullying Part 2: Responding to Your Child's Distress This article is focused on what parents should not do or say to kids when they come to you for help with being bullied.
ADHD, School and Time Management Ability to estimate and manage time is generally difficult for kids with ADHD. This can be particularly problematic before and after school each day. Learn more in this article.

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