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ADHD: Alternative Treatments Main MenuADHD: The Fact and the FictionThis project is intended to make connections between media portrayals of ADHD and their impacts on alternative treatments such as neurofeedback, behavioral therapy, parent training, and diet-alteration therapy.ADHD MedicationsToday, the use of ADHD medications such as Ritalin and Adderall is still the most popular treatment method for ADHD. Let's explore the adverse side effects of the medications, which are a reason alternative treatments have been gaining more attention recently.Common MisconceptionsHow YOU Can Avoid Parent ShamingThis page is designed to promote an active learning style for parents to avoid feeling shamed by media surrounding ADHD. The media often uses fear and anxiety to shame parents into trying treatments they are not comfortable with or spreading false information. I will teach you how to spot these things and avoid them!NeurofeedbackParent TrainingDiet RestrictionDiet restrictions are gaining popularity as an alternative treatment for ADHD. The Feingold Diet has stood out as a diet that improves behavioral issues with manipulation of diet.About MeKaty McCarthy52d4dc2d6cf99de1642c9855dd2bae6c30ec3e42
Behavior Therapy
1media/behav.jpeg2017-03-22T07:57:32-07:00Katy McCarthy52d4dc2d6cf99de1642c9855dd2bae6c30ec3e421639412Behavior therapy is the most common alternative treatment for ADHD. It is currently recommended as a supplement to drugs but some parents believe that this treatment alone may be just as effective as a supplementation.plain2017-04-20T15:20:53-07:00Katy McCarthy52d4dc2d6cf99de1642c9855dd2bae6c30ec3e42Behavior is commonly discussed across mediums as a cause of ADHD or ADHD-like symptoms. Scholarly journal articles based off medical research discuss unacceptable behavior as a symptom of ADHD in a child that can be managed with medications and behavior therapy. Social media sources such as Facebook feature pages for alternative treatments such as Ayurveda where some people discuss behavior as the cause of ADHD and behavior therapy as a cure. As a parent on social media, you will see more sources telling you what caused your child to act a certain way and that behavior therapy can cure them. This is not necessarily true, but the cause and cure tactic that is used by advertisements and by people is often what leads to misrepresentations of treatments in media. The main goal of any treatment for ADHD (medicine, behavior therapy, parent training ect.) is to treat the symptoms of the disorder and help your child to manage their ADHD or ADHD-like symptoms. Behavior therapy, and in particular neurofeedback, is the most common and potentially the most accepted alternative treatment method for ADHD. Neurofeedback refers to the chemical messages that are sent by hormones and ions in the body and their interactions with various receptors throughout to keep it at a stable state often referred to as homeostasis. The behavior therapy method treats ADHD as a physiological imbalance. In general, children with ADHD lack important active circuits in the brain due to a lack of receptors or neurotransmitters (chemicals messages) (3). This translates to a low arousal in the regions and circuits of the brain that are associated with alertness, attention, and self control (3). Children are instructed to play cartoon-like video games that require a strategy to move a character around a simulated environment while connected to an EEG to observe the electrical activity in their brains. The idea is that these games will help children to understand important associations and neurological connections that most children their age are making. In a study published in the Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry in 2016, patients experienced at 93% retention rate of incorporating the behaviors they learned from their training sessions four months prior (4). Many children subject to cognitive training have had their symptoms significantly decrease in severity after their trials (4).
In my dataset, 81% of my sources referenced behavior as a cause or symptom of ADHD. In this particular set of data, there were multiple references to mood swings and threats to overall health if ADHD was not managed. Threats are a common tactic used by media sources to instill fear and anxiety in parents and other viewers to have their child or themselves assessed for ADHD.
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12017-04-17T15:30:18-07:00Katy McCarthy52d4dc2d6cf99de1642c9855dd2bae6c30ec3e42Behavior Mediatization6Behavior and ADHD often go hand in hand when discussing ADHD through media. Whether behavior is recognized a cause or a symptom of ADHD is variant across mediums.plain2017-04-17T16:23:00-07:00Katy McCarthy52d4dc2d6cf99de1642c9855dd2bae6c30ec3e42
12017-04-17T16:31:08-07:00Katy McCarthy52d4dc2d6cf99de1642c9855dd2bae6c30ec3e42Behavior Therapy Testimonial6Here is one of the many success stories that has come from behavior therapy.plain2017-04-20T08:16:09-07:00Katy McCarthy52d4dc2d6cf99de1642c9855dd2bae6c30ec3e42
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