Title: Adults With ADHD: What Do We Know? What Do They Need?
Author: TVO Parents
Date Published: October 8 2009
Why relevant and summary: Great information about ADHD and interviews of people with ADHD
How this influenced my thinking: I have never been "officially" diagnosed with ADHD but I have always struggled with attention, organization and time management. This resource gave me some great information on finding other resources available.
Credibility of source: Very credible resource. Cites other sources and experts who contributed to the show.
Title: ADHD Overview
Author: Jacob Silverman
Date Published: No date
Why relevant and summary: This is a comprehensive overview of ADHD, the causes, symptoms, diagnoses, treatments and related disorders. There are also a number of other highly relevant articles that are easily accessible on this site.
How this influenced my thinking: There is a lot of information about raising a child with ADHD. I've never had experience with this in regards to my own children, but as a former teacher I have been aware of the 'basics' for many years. There is so much to learn and understand on this topic, especially so that caregivers can be more understanding of individualized needs and be less likely to judge or treat children with ADHD differently.
Credibility of source: This is a Discovery Health article. It may not be highly credible in it's own right, but likely pulled it's information from scholarly/medical/research based resources.
Title: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Author: Timothy Rogge
Date Published: 03-25-2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This article explains the causes, risk factors, symptoms, signs and tests, treatment, expectations, health care provider, and prevention. ADHD is most common in children and those children can cause a lot of chaos.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I learned more about ADHD which helped me think about how those with ADHD act and feel.
Credibility of Source: 5 because it is very detailed.
Title: Causes, incidence, and risk factors of ADHD
Author: A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia
Date Published: March 25, 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This article tells you everything you need to know about ADHD including symptoms, signs, tests, treatment, and medications. It also gives important statistics about kids and how often they are diagnosed with this disease.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This article got me thinking about children with ADHD and how much more common it is these days. Also I learned that this disease could start as soon as the brain begins developing which was very surprising.
Credibility of Source: This article contains references to give credit to all the facts regarding ADHD and it has also been reviewed by numerous MD's.
Title: ADHD
Author: Nemours
Date Published: 2013
Why Relevant and Summary: It defines ADHD, causes, and symptoms.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I learned the symptoms and signs of ADHD.
Credibility of Source: Seems credible because it is a foundation and has medical background.
Title: ADHD
Author : Richard Kingsley
Date: January 2011
Why Relevant and Summary: Complete overview of ADHD, causes, how to manage it, and tips on dealing with it.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I feel like I can better recognize signs of ADHD after reading this
Credibility of Source: credible-from kidshealth.org, I have found them to be very credible with their information.
Title: Childhood ADHD Often Persist Into Adulthood
Author: Megan Brooks
Date:March 4, 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: this article is relevant because it explains a lot about ADHD and how it can affect a child with ADHD into adulthood.
How this influenced my thinking: This made me realize that ADHD could affect an dult to the point of suicide.
Credibility:it came from WedMD and was recently published.
Title: Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Author:
Date Published: October 17, 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: It gives a brief explanation of what ADHD is, and it has many link which guide you to stories, research, data information, recommendations, scientific articles, and many other things.
How This Influenced My Thinking: There's so much information on ADHD, and helpful links and material to help people that may have ADHD.
Credibility of Source: It seems credible, and all the links have authors and dates on them as well.
Title:
Author: No author.
Date Published: N.D.
Why Relevant and Summary: An extensive and thorough explanation of what ADHD is, what the symptoms are, the different variations of it, solutions with which to combat it, medications to take, parenting tips, ADHD through the ages, coexisting conditions, etc. Very useful.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It enhanced my knowledge and perception of ADHD and those who have ADHD... allowed me to relate it to my experience of having a sister with ADHD.
Credibility of Source: NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
Title: Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Author: n/a
Date Published: May 25, 2010
Why Relevant and Summary: The article discusses causes of ADHD, the different types, as well as the symptoms. This was useful to better understand this disorder.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped me gain a better understanding.
Credibility of Source: It seems credible.
Title: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Author : N/A
Last reviewed: Reviewed last on: 12/31/2010 Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network by Steven D. Ehrlich, NMD
Why Relevant and Summary: This article gives a good overview of ADHD, signs and symptoms, treatment and provides research about how ADHD affects the brain and the treatments that can be provided to diagnosed individuals.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It makes me think that ADHD is way more common than I realized.
Credibility of Source :It is a credible source- it comes from The University of Maryland Medical Center. Has many repitable sources listed.
Title: Dealing with others
Author: Rick Green
Date: 2010
Why relevant and summary: It is a funny short article that deals with how to answer questions and misconceptions about ADHD and keep your cool. It is aimed to people who have the diagnosis and struggle to explain their behavior and challenges to others.
How has this influenced my thinking: I really found it very interesting the advice given, and i think these rules can be applied to anything people have misconceptions about.
Why credible: This article was written for the ADHD.org website.
Title: Nature, Nurture and Attention Deficit
Author: ALIYAH BARUCHIN
Date Published: 3/12/08
Why Relevant and Summary: I was curious about whether nature or nurture is responsible for ADHD. This article was an interview with Susan Smalley, Ph.D., is a professor in the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and director of its Mindful Awareness Research Center.
How this influenced my thinking: I was fascinated to find out about some of the environmental factors that show increased lecels of ADHD.
Credibility: I'm on the fence. The doctor seems credible, but I am not sure about the writer.
Title: ADHD
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date Published: September 28, 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: Gave good research and medication information
How This Influenced My Thinking: Good explanation of this diagnosis
Credibility of Source: Very credible