Thomas O'Reilly, MD, Child and Adult Psychiatry, Medford and Linwood

01/14/2022

Really interesting stuff
https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/school-anxiety-in-children-with-adhd/?fbclid=IwAR0fft5MLk0EPZ0slZkYTeGjPbLIzgoSZtHTgHerhsI5ZMsBsD9cBCAj7P

No child with ADHD can succeed at school if he believes he is less smart or less capable than his peers. Follow these strategies to change your child's mindset and to promote his self-esteem. Together, they can unlock a lifetime of more positive learning.

02/11/2019

This is, unfortunately, very true.

12/01/2018

Interesting list of gift ideas

09/11/2018

08/31/2018

Interesting article about the biology of ADHD, specifically the maturation of connections between brain regions and how this affects symptoms.

New research suggests that ADHD comprises several meaningful subgroups — each one tied to a weak connection in the brain’s neural networks. Here, Joel Nigg, Ph.D. maps the regions of the brain that…

06/30/2018

Children don’t act out to gain attention or control their parents. They do it because they can’t meet our expectations, and that is incredibly frustrating. What they need is not punishment, but hel…

04/28/2018

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/societal-expectations-for-mothers-adhd-parenting/?utm_source=eletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=parent_april_2018&utm_content=042818

I can feel guilty about yelling, about responding meanly, about losing my cool. But I will not be made to feel guilty for things beyond my control — namely the behaviors caused by my kids’ ADHD sym…

04/03/2018

In a recent study, researchers found that when transgender youths are allowed to use their chosen names their risk of su***de and depression decreases. 

12/12/2017

sharing this again this year, because it is awesome.

“It was really amazing how many views I got,” Kaylee Rodgers said. “I just loved doing it.”

10/07/2017

Really beautiful Imaging of axons in the brain.

This is "Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre – Diffusion of Axons" by lmsweb on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…