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ADHD Medication Details – Beyond The Basics

Dr Charles Parker — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:27:27 +0000

New Territories New Maps

Without Clear Data Common Sense Is Impossible

For nearly 7 years I’ve been reporting on the urgent need for change in the way we practice psychiatry today.

It’s time to take serious reportage to the next level of action – application through state-of-the-art web-workshops.

For anyone concerned about the optimal use of ADHD medications, I’m offering specific ADHD medication workshops to address these multiple challenges. I’ll cover everything from more executive-function-informed ADHD diagnosis. to the essential details that facilitate predictable ADHD treatment options.

With six full hours and our interactive small group learning system, we’ll get details covered, together.

Why ADHD Medication Training? Consider:

The real harm that repeatedly arises from the current uninformed standard of care,
The dangers and disappointments of ignoring available medical science,
The the remarkable ambiguity of ADHD diagnostic labels,
The complete absence of basic rules for using stimulant medications to treat ADHD.
Adults and children suffer on many levels with imprecision, years of confusion and irresponsible protocols.

How And Where?

Utilizing remarkable Adobe Connect Software, I’ll offer the training on your computer, at a location that’s convenient to you. The details come delivered in an easy to understand format, providing new ways you can work with your medical team to produce predictable results. Live training takes place May 15, 22, 29 and June 5, from 6-7:30 EDT. However, if you can’t make those times the videos will be uploaded and available for you to view at a later date.

Originally designed just for our CoreBrain ADHD Coaching Partners we have decided to open the doors to the public, to allow more people to gain this knowledge and improve their treatment. Benefits: Personalized with small class size – Only 20 permitted in each class, so sign up right away, the doors will close when this class fills.

What Details? ADHD Meds in Action | Beyond The Basics

Knowing ADHD medication details will help support ADHD recovery progress, and help connect more effectively with your medical teams. This webinar series covers 6 full hours of the latest biomedical details for any ADHD Coaching or Training Professional, actually anyone interested in ADHD meds, anywhere, working with any medical team interested in the highest quality medication management. Scheduled as 4 x 1.5 hr webinars, they will be recorded and on video for your later review, or for your convenience if you can’t make the meeting schedule.

The details within ADHD Meds in Action will address not only the details in my book New ADHD Medication Rules [a six category Best Seller at Amazon], but will also show you how to understand and negotiate the next necessary steps to get any ADHD meds correctly adjusted. Small class size and the super Adobe Software will make sure I answer all questions and that every attendee will achieve a greater understanding of ADHD medication and will move forward, better equipped to make treatment improvements.

The Only ADHD Med Course With Street Applications – Total 6 Hr: $97 With Video Access for 6 Mos After the Course Is Completed.

Now: Sorry, our CoreBrain ADHD Meds in Action-1 web-workshop is filled.

Do connect with Tiffany at CoreBrain.org/coaches to attend the next workshop this summer, likely July. Yes, it’s a web-workshop, small groups at CoreBrain working together to improve ADHD medication delivery, globally. If you’re a coach it’s your first step to CoreBrain Coaching Partnership.

Together we can make a difference.

Download: This pdf Course Outline for ADHD Meds In Action

Also: if you’re a coach, make sure your colleagues also get this link – sign up for additional updates at http://corebrain.org/coaches

Talk soon,
cp

NIMH Agrees: DSM 5 Needs Revision

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:49:12 +0000

Old Markers Less Useful

ADHD Diagnosis Needs Revision

Dr Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institutes of Mental Health, joins the growing group of leading psychiatrists who address the neuroscientific inadequacy of the current diagnostic system. Check out this report in detail at Mind Hacks:

In a potentially seismic move, the National Institute of Mental Health – the world’s biggest mental health research funder, has announced only two weeks before the launch of the DSM-5 diagnostic manual that it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”.

In the announcement, NIMH Director Thomas Insel says the DSM lacks validity and that “patients with mental disorders deserve better”.

This is something that will make very uncomfortable reading for the American Psychiatric Association as they trumpet what they claim is the ‘future of psychiatric diagnosis’ only two weeks before it hits the shelves.

Cognitive Inquiries Matter

And the report at Mind Hacks further breaks down the cognitive details, sadly lacking in DSM 4/5 ADHD diagnosis. If ADHD is, as we know, a cognitive process, why do the “diagnosticians” continue to overlook cognitive inquiry?

As an alternative approach, Insel suggests the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which aims to uncover what it sees as the ‘component parts’ of psychological dysregulation by understanding difficulties in terms of cognitive, neural and genetic differences. [Sound familiar?]

CorePsych Documentation

Remember, at CorePsych we’ve reported on this outdated labeling inadequacy for years, along with others in the country, including:

Daniel Amen MD – Amen Clinics, Leader in SPECT Brain Imaging
Alan Schatzberg MD – Psych Chair at Stanford, Past Pres APA
Stephen Stahl MD PhD – Director Neuroscience Education Institute, Psychopharmacologist
Allen Frances MD – Past Psych Chair Duke and Chair of DSM – 4

Biomarkers For Evolved Diagnosis

Consider this insightful change at NIMH. It will improve the way we use neuroscience data, and will put brain and body, biomedical science into the process of fresh diagnostic and treatment initiatives. We at CorePsych applaud the growing number of national thought leaders who now weigh in on these necessary changes with improved insights.

Old markers take the uninformed down old trails. If we can measure quarks in Italian caves 4 miles underground from stars long dead, we will be able to get past appearances in the office. Many are using these new biomedical tools, it’s surprising how these helpful data sources remain controversial.

Spring Presentations

Dr Charles Parker — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:52:34 +0000

Let’s Correct Frozen Thinking

Let’s Connect One Way Or Another!

Knowledge comes from noticing resemblances and recurrences in the events that happen around us.
Wilfred Trotter in The Art of Scientific Investigation – W.I.B. Beveridge

It’s Spring, and with Ice Fishing and ADHD Medications timing is everything! It’s obvious: if you don’t get that Ice Fishing house off the lake within an appropriate time frame, your friendly cabin will become an Unlucky 13 floating quietly in the Spring thaw, or touring deep to fully experience the bottom of the lake. So it is with ADHD meds: get the timing right and you’re golden, miss the built-in timing and you will be lucky to stay afloat.

Frozen thinking can become unfrozen with just a little insight! It’s all about timing.

Parker Spring Presentations For Your Review

Monday: Shindig Video Chat II: Reality Changes The ADHD Rules: Tomorrow night as guests of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Co. CHADD, down in North Carolina with Tina Stone there as hostess, and Yusang Lee deftly managing the video from Shindig software in NYC. From 7-9:30 EDT – Do RSVP at this link if you won’t be showing up at the Coca-Cola Plaza in Charlotte: http://shindig.com/event/drcharlesparker0408
Thanks Tina!

It’s a virtual slide show for those out of town with chat after. Your questions will either be managed through Yusang, or raise your hand and get right up on the virtual stage with me. The last Shindig was a major hit, loved the opportunity to get with so many like-minded folks concerned about ADHD medication details.

Wednesday: ADDA Webinar II: Reality Changes The ADHD Rules: Yes, it’s the same topic, with some very interesting additional details on new buzzwords for ADHD treatment. See what you think about these two: REALITY – and this – DENIAL. Yes we’ll be talking about ADHD reality and the pervasive denial regarding neuroscience understandings. We’ll be looking for resemblances and recurrences. Thanks to Linda Roggli, ADHD Coach Extraordinaire - host for that meeting. Thanks Linda! The ADDA link for our CorePsych and CoreBrain Team: http://bit.ly/charlesparker

Saturday: ACO – ADHD Coaches Organization in Atlanta II: Mastering Medical Connections This one will be live down there, and all I can say at this moment is that I just loved last years meeting with so many coaches there from all over the world. We had a ball, and I do anticipate some serious conversations with all those folks who we know from the Internet but don’t get a chance to see personally. Just take a look at the list of ADHD speakers – an outstanding group! And if you’re a coach planning to go to Atlanta: Be Prepared as they say in the Boy Scouts, and get a jump on connecting with these ACO Parker Handouts!

Show Up!

Hope you can make it! Don’t hesitate to forward this to any folks interested in New ADHD Medication Rules – medical details change, and do make a difference.

BTW: In case you haven’t heard: New Rules is an Amazon Best Seller in 6 different categories! – Pretty exciting!
Talk soon!
cp

ADHD Insights: 8 Videos – Immunity, Gut, Meds

Dr Charles Parker — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:11:49 +0000

With improved tools navigation works.

Why ADHD Meds Don’t Work Predictably: Immunity Matters

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct it has similar structure to the territory, which accounts for it’s usefulness. Alfred Korzybski

Do you sometimes feel untreatable? Do you know someone who clearly suffers with ADHD, but due to numerous unanticipated medication reactions simply refuses to move forward with more informed medical care? This set of videos are for you. Improved navigation is available, and will provide more predictable outcomes.

Immunity Matters Too Often With ADHD Treatment

Without knowing where the rocks are, coastal sailing will inevitably result in frustrating, costly outcomes. Immunity issues, directly related to the three important barriers between the Self and the Non-Self [outside world] often confound excellent medical treatment. Those three barriers: The Gut, The Respiratory Tract and the Skin. Immunity issues, measurable through IgE and IgG testing often directly interfere with neurotransmitter effectiveness.

This series of 8 short, pithy videos on ADHD: Gut Immunity and the Brain are required watching for any of you out there with a poor, ineffective, frustrating response to ADHD stimulant medications.

A Little Help From My Friends

I’m also asking a favor: I put the time into making these videos for your learning and personal evolution. Please do me this favor: “Like” them and share with colleagues and friends. Become part of our training team to get the word out on what-works-best, and pass these along. Immunity measures are changing lives, saving considerable money, and brightening treatment outcomes with improved predictability.

Thanks!
cp

ADHD Insights: Cognitive Anxiety Markers

Dr Charles Parker — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:20:41 +0000

Lost In The Fog? Markers Matter

Only 2 Problems With ADHD Meds: Diagnosis & Treatment

Are you tired of feeling lost with medication challenges? Let’s take Reality-Based next steps to correct current insufficient maps and stay off the rocks – and together spread the word on the complexity of ADHD challenges. Improved targets and medication management do matter – every day.

ADHD, OCD and Anxiety Video Passes 19,000 Hits

I’ve been teaching my colleagues about the Reality details in this ADHD, OCD and Anxiety video since 1996 when I first recognized the prefrontal cortical imbalances associated with Executive Dysfunction: Cognitive Anxiety. No, you won’t find Cognitive Anxiety in the DSM 4 or 5, those antique maps are outdated by about 20 years of brain studies. No, in 1996 we didn’t call these mind-details Executive Dysfunction, but we did call this one Cognitive, Thinking Anxiety – even back then.

Missing The Boat

FYI: Cognitive Anxiety is the single most often missed subset of Executive Dysfunction I’ve been reporting on since the start up of CorePsych in 2006. Yesterday this video passed 19,000 hits on YouTube – it looks like many more are paying attention, actually thinking about thinking.

Take a look, stay off those real life-circumstances rocks, look for these improved markers in any ADHD fog. Think Executive Dysfunction and you find yourself much closer to reality – to channels that will take you home.

Cognitive Anxiety Matters – And Share This Thought With Your Friends

Details make the difference between years of confusion and a clear mind.

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Dr Charles Parker — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:26:46 +0000

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CorePsych Subscription Update – Video How To

It’s Spring, and this will be easier than making maple syrup: > It’s about this Turquoise New Post Alerts Button >

Changes Need Attention – You Know That

With the changes on all my sites I discovered an excellent web designer Jamie Tobias up in Nova Scotia, near Halifax. With Jamie’s help we moved forward with cleaning up CorePsych and Dr Charles Parker sites that were just too busy, and overwhelming. But we lost the automatic article updates by email, so are moving to RSS in your own specific Reader. Your RSS reader will keep these posts organized for easy reference and no accumulation in your inbox.

Make It Easy To Subscribe

Now to subscribe to CorePsych Articles we suggest keeping up with further instructions here at Google Reader, – and Firefox and Safari also both provide readers.

See this personalized, short, 1.01 min, video Jamie did to show you how to do it. Turn up the volume to listen through Jamie’s English accent

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Thanks! More soon,
cp

ADHD Coaches Corner

Dr Charles Parker — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:18:26 +0000

Dig In For Improved Driving On Slippery Roads

Heads Up For ADHD Coaches – And Clients

First of all, true confessions: I love my coaching colleagues – we’re so much on the same path, with the same objectives, with the same clients. My mission, just like your own: Let’s get improved traction on the ADHD management process. Slipping and sliding on the ADHD recovery path… it just doesn’t work.

Parker Training Events – Just Show Up!

Several events coming up – yes, designed for coaches, but the improved traction found in these meetings will work for anyone stuck anywhere out on the global ADHD recovery road. The theme of these presentations: We’re significantly slipping in our contact with the road… in two key areas with ADHD recovery, and they aren’t just small details: Consider this evolution of ADHD precision: Real Data Creates Improved ADHD Diagnosis and ADHD Treatment.

Title of this Shindig Presentation: Reality Changes The ADHD Rules.

Too often many aren’t using the available science. Too often the realities of ADHD diagnosis and treatment, the available, workable, brain and body science is overlooked. The objective of these two presentations: improved office applications, anywhere. Consider these two events:

The Video Shindig Chat Event: At Your Computer, Anywhere

Sign up, RSVP, at this link, and do pass this note along to your coaching friends. March 14, coming soon, from 6-8 PM ET.

http://shindig.com/event/adhdmedrules

- No charge for these useful ADHD management essentials. We can’t check your ID, so if you aren’t a coach, not a problem, it’s an open meeting, only limited to 1000 attendees!

Overview: In one hour and change I’ll be covering many of the details in my book New ADHD Medication Rules – Brain Science & Common Sense. Quite simply: the science is changing the way we practice, and Precision is the new ADHD watchword. Let’s use old labels if they do work, but let’s move on to the next level of Executive Function understanding if they don’t.

Science only works if you work it. Science introduces much more Reality into confusing ADHD diagnostic and treatment protocols – and I’ll break that new science down into useful, understandable packages.

Check out Shindig.com for the very cool chat room details – I’ll do the video PowerPoint presentation, and you can simultaneously check out and chat with your coaching friends who also show up. It’s a virtual big room for a presentation at your computer…. and plenty of time to ask questions, make your own observations and join the discussion. This should be fun - it’s my first shot at this way of connecting with our coaching colleagues.

ACO in Atlanta

I’m looking forward with much anticipation to presenting at the ADHD Coaches Organization meeting in Atlanta, April 11-14. If you’re an ADHD Coach, and missed this venue, the meeting last year, you missed some real ADHD management substance and fun. Last year they liked my presentation on ADHD Med Rules so much they invited me to give the same presentation Sunday AM for those who missed the first one. – Better than a standing ovation!

Take a look at the very cool schedule linked above to see the depth of the topics covered there by our terrific coaching colleagues – bringing their slippery road experience to Atlanta to keep everyone tight on coaching travels with improved traction!

Let’s get together at both of these places! – Talk soon,

ADHD Insights: 9 Videos on Medication Dosage

Dr Charles Parker — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:18:23 +0000

Solved: Problems With ADHD Medication Dosage

The confusion with ADHD meds continues daily – and remains pervasive, globally. From cookie cutter solutions with med dosing strategies based on formulaic recipes, to complete denial of pervasive ADHD diagnostic and treatment ambiguities, it’s often an ADHD medication mess out there. Just pop that superficial ADHD label like a glass bottle on the fence, pick your weapon, and fire away. All or none, no measurements, just hit or miss. Shooting from the hip is the current default standard of care. Think about it.

Help Me Provide Accuracy and Measurement Protocols

I’m next suggesting here an ethical bribe. I’ve spent hours putting together these videos, years trying to understand why ADHD meds don’t work predictably at times, and even more time collating them into a free, globally available playlist at YouTube. For ADHD medications precise dosage is the absolutely essential objective, the basic imperative, for effective ADHD treatment. In these 9 Dosing Videos, lasting about 30 min played in sequence, I outline most critical ADHD medication dosage first principles.

I’m asking you to simply “Like” these on your Facebook below, a small favor in return for these useful instructions. Join others working with me to correct the nonsense of non-science. I teach you the details, you help spread the word. I help you help others. Sounds like a deal! – Thanks!

For far more details see my New ADHD Medication Rules – Brain Science and Common Sense book, after this convenient start. See the many testimonial comments right here at CorePsych.

9 Short Videos: The ADHD Medication Dosing Playlist ↓

Like it below on FaceBook to share these important details.

Thanks for watching and do please leave a comment below!

ADHD Insights: Stimulants Don’t Work

Dr Charles Parker — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:49:47 +0000

No, Make That: Stimulants Don’t Work *As Expected*

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information. - Peter Drucker

Let’s all make a New Year’s Resolution to honor the reality of neuroscience – of those new brain maps – for all of psychiatric treatment. Without maps too many folks careen off the tracks that should set up a safe arrival. Let’s make 2013 a different year by asking better questions – improving both working knowledge and useful information.

But is “all of psychiatric treatment” too sweeping in complexity? – Then reduce your target: just consider ADHD, the most misdiagnosed, mismanaged, maligned, source of psychiatric – mind gossip out there.

Just What Did You Expect?

About 90% of stimulant medication problems are based on one simple challenge: Limited to no expectations. Imprecision to often becomes the current standard of care. From Great Expectations to No Expectations the meds are delivered far too often without even remotely considering specific objective targets. “Just tell me how you feel…” addresses affect, feelings, not cognitive challenges. Clear Rules and much improved expectations provide more deliverable, improved ADHD treatment outcomes.

The amorphous, imprecise complaint, heard thousands of times every year: “These ADHD meds don’t work!” Then how do we ask better questions to see it those meds are working the way they should?

Dive in to connect on these questions, and spread the word…↓

Let’s work together to ask these questions and stay on track in ’13 – and beyond.

ADHD Insights: Rules Stocked At Amazon

Dr Charles Parker — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:54:24 +0000

Printing Press 2 (Photo credit: mattack)

Hot Off The Morgan James Presses

Just in time for the holidays New ADHD Medication Rules – Brain Science & Common Sense is now ready for shipping at Amazon. Those of you who pre-ordered will be finding it in you mail quite soon.

Undecided? – Not Sure If You Need New Rules?

If you’re sitting on the fence about New Rules, take a look at this slide show. Every remark here is straight from the streets of experience. When you review these slides you’ll be pleased to know there are some answers out there, and you can, for the price about 3 gallons of gas, have it in your mailbox before the Holidays- if you jump on it. Deep discounts here at Amazon – $10.15. ADHD medication changes are overdue – get into the newest brain and body information for the most predictable outcomes:

Make A Difference:

New ADHD Medication Rules from Dr Charles Parker

NB: If this slide show doesn’t load, as it didn’t this morning, just click here to connect on the SlideShare Summary.

Think about it, and let’s get on with a new, fresh, evidence-based conversation about the problems with ADHD meds. Answers linger in the offing there at Amazon.

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