Adults Who Claim to Have ADHD? 1 in 4 May Be Faking It

System Admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Article link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42710178/ns/health-addictions/

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.

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Medicaid-funded ADHD Treatment for Children is Failing

System Admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Article link:

http://www.examiner.com/women-s-health-in-los-angeles/medicaid-funded-adhd-treat...

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...

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UCLA researchers find that Medicaid-funded ADHD treatment for children is failing

Semel Web Manager — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000

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.

Author:

Mark Wheeler

Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry