Dr Sam Goldstein Articles

Symptom Relief And Long-Term Outcome For ADHD

Despite optimism by professionals and researchers years ago that treating ADHD in childhood led to improved outcome in adulthood, current research has not supported this perception. In fact, ...

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Dr Sam Goldstein Articles

What Is Necessary And Sufficient To Evaluate ADHD?

A health insurance representative informed me last week that it was her opinion and her company’s policy that an evaluation for ADHD can be completed in as short a time as an hour. Yet some...

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Is ADHD Really A Problem Paying Attention?

Many parents and teachers report that although children with ADHD are not supposed to be able to pay attention, there are many activities or situations during which their attention span appears focused, if not even...

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ADHD As An Advantage/Adaptation Revisited

It is romantic and intriguing to believe that great hunters, explorers, inventors and politicians may have experienced ADHD and in fact the qualities of ADHD were in part responsible for fueling their success. Though many...

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The ADHD Critics: More Passion Than Science

This month’s article may read more like an editorial than a review of research, set of clinical guidelines or treatment practice. Though I have made a point to avoid using my monthly...

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