Worry, Sadness and ADHD
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- Last Updated on Friday, 02 October 2015 13:45
What is the relationship between Anxiety, Depression and ADHD? What are the treatments available?
Many report that often people with ADHD have other co-existing mental health problems, commonly anxiety and depression.
Dr. Terry Lim, Consultant Psychiatrist will be a speaker at the upcoming Adult ADHD Conference on Saturday 17 October 2015. His talk will explore the relationship between anxiety, depression and ADHD as well as what treatment is available. Dr Lim will also talk about how to recognise the difference between these conditions as well as how they affect one another.
Blue Light Emissions Linked to Early AMD
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- Last Updated on Friday, 02 October 2015 13:43
A New Zealand optometrist has warned that the ‘blue light’ emitted from smart-phones, tablets and computers could be putting users at risk of early onset macular degeneration.
ADHD Drug May Help Curb Meth Addicts' Cravings
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Replacing meth with ADHD drugs may be the same as nicotine replacement or using methadone to treat heroin addicts.
Researchers in Australia are hoping a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children between the ages of 6 and 18 can also help wean addicts. Details:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-14/adhd-drug-trialled-in-ice-addiction-treatment/5808540
ADHD traits can be an 'opportunity' for entrepreneurs
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Which would you say is most useful to an entrepreneur; perseverance, the letters MBA on your CV header, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Serial entrepreneur and business coach Cameron Herold might punt for the last. In his popular 2010 TED talk – “Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs” – Herold argued that behavioural traits associated with the disorder, such as a tendency to see the whole picture rather than remember detail, should be encouraged and developed by schools, because they are key entrepreneurial qualities. “Attention deficit [hyperactivity] disorder can be a problem, or it can be an opportunity,” he told us.
The Canadian, who has ADHD, launched his first business aged 21 and has since grown three companies past the $100m mark. He was previously vice president of Ubarter.com (a B2B bartering services company), chief operating officer of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and is now chief operating officer of coaching company BackPocket. He opened his TED talk with the line: “I would be willing to bet that I’m the dumbest guy in the room because I couldn’t get through school” and describes how he struggled in the classroom.
Taken from article by Emma Featherstone at The Guardian Saturday 18 July 2015 16.00 AEST
http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2015/jul/18/adhd-opportunity-entrepreneur-ted-edge
What’s the best way to take notes on your laptop or tablet
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- Last Updated on Friday, 31 July 2015 22:24
Electronic devices tempt us to try to multi-task, but according to research, only 5% of people can multi-task efficiently.
People have a maximum attention span of around ten minutes, thus the amount of attention we can devote to processing, encoding, storing and retrieving information is limited.
When students divide their attention by simultaneously trying to take notes as they listen to the teacher, check Facebook, answer texts and respond to email, their notes are less effective because they are distracted by non-academic activities.
Taken from an article in The Conversation
