Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome–An update
We just attended the annual conference on Irlen Syndrome, sponsored by Helen Irlen and her staff, and held here in Long Beach. This was the twentieth anniversary of Helen Irlen’s work, subsequent to her discovery of Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome in 1983. The conference was a warm and spunky affair. There was still the sense of […]
More on ADHD
The July issue of Scientific American features an article about cognitive therapy as an alternative to ADHD drugs. The work proceeds from the assumption that cognitive deficits in general, and working memory deficits in particular, are among the defining features in ADHD, and yet are only marginally addressed with stimulant medication. According to Rosemary Tannock […]
On Depression
The current issue of Biological Psychiatry offers a trenchant study titled “Are There Differences in the Symptoms that Respond to a Selective Serotonin or Norepinephrine Reuptake inhibitor?” by Jay Craig Nelson, Laura Portera, and Andrew C. Leon (Volume 57(12), June 15, 2005, 1535-1542). Remarkably, in two sequential, independent, randomized controlled large-scale studies (253 and 168 […]
Advancing the Neuroscience of ADHD
Biological Psychiatry 57, #11, June 1, 2005 I had hoped to review the latest issue of Biological Psychiatry, focusing on ADHD, for our readers, but the project is too much for one issue of the newsletter. So we will take it in smaller bites. Joseph Biederman’s overview: ADHD is seen as “multi-factorial” and “clinically heterogeneous.” […]
ISSSEEM Conference
I decided to attend the annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine, meeting this year in Colorado Springs, in order to catch up with where this organization is presently, and while the principals that gave life to the organization originally (Elmer Green and the Menninger group) are […]
The Tomatis Method and The Listening Program
Last week we had a visit from Martha Mack, a Tomatis practitioner in Melbourne Australia. Martha and her husband George have been running the Listen and Learn Center where both auditory training and neurofeedback are being offered. (See www.ListenAndLearn.com.au) Martha emigrated from Argentina some years ago to take up her psychology practice in Australia. The […]
A Visit with Dr. Daniel Amen
Recently we had occasion to revisit with Dr. Daniel Amen at his clinic in Newport Beach. His colleague Dr. Earl Henslin, a psychologist, happened to be giving a lecture that day on the relevance of brain regulation to relationships. It’s not always a matter of denial, avoidance, or resistance—it could simply be a matter of […]
An Apology…
A couple of weeks ago, in the article “What does Psychology have to do with it?” I mentioned a new research program getting launched at Misericordia Hospital on ADHD. I had welcomed the study earlier as a beneficial fallout of our having taught our course there in September 2001. I had a number of facts […]