ADHD
Open Mind Lecture - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Event
Friends of Semel Event Open Mind Lecture
Katherine Ellison, Pluitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and former foreign correspondent, will discuss her experiences with ADHD. After Ellison and her 12 year old son Buzz were diagnosed with ADHD, she wrote Buzz... A Year of Paying Attention, a memoir. Joining the discussion with be Dr James McGough, the Director of the ADHD Program at the Semel Institute
Refreshments and book signing.
Parking available in Lot 8. www.ucla.edu/maps
Admission free but reservations are required. Please call 310-825-8871 or email vickyg@friendsofnpi.org
Adults Who Claim to Have ADHD? 1 in 4 May Be Faking It
Dr. Karen Miotto, professor of clinical psychiatry and director of the Alcoholism and Addiction Medicine Service in the Semel Institute, was quoted in an April 25 MSNBC article about a controversy over the diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Most ADHD Kids Have Multiple Conditions, Study Says
HealthDay, WebMd and MedPage Today on Feb. 7 reported on a new UCLA study which found that two-thirds of children in the United States with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder struggle with other mental health and developmental conditions, including learning disabilities and anxiety. Study author Kandyce Larson, a research associate at the Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities at UCLA, was quoted.
- “Most ADHD Kids Have Multiple Conditions, Study Says” http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/649657.html?camp...
- “Kids with ADHD Often Have Other Problems” http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/20110206/kids-with-adhd-often-have-ot...
- “Comorbidities Common with ADHD” http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/ADHD-ADD/24722
Medicaid-funded ADHD Treatment for Children is Failing
Dr. Bonnie Zima, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute, was featured Dec. 8 by RedOrbit and Dec. 12 by The Examiner about her research examining the quality of care for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the managed-care Medicaid system.
- “Medicaid-funded ADHD Treatment for Children is Failing” http://www.examiner.com/women-s-health-in-los-angeles/medicaid-funded-ad...
- “Medicaid-funded ADHD Treatment for Children Misses the Mark” http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1962805/medicaidfunded_adhd_treatmen...
UCLA researchers find that Medicaid-funded ADHD treatment for children is failing
Whatever its final incarnation, the recently enacted landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid eligibility and is expected by 2013 to provide coverage, including mental health care, to an estimated 4.1 million children currently uninsured. That's a good thing. But what will the quality of care be, especially for vulnerable children with special health care needs? Poor, according to a new report in the current online edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
