These look like proof to me....i don't know what Neil wants. I was very skeptical of ADD when I first heard it, and I still believe that it is probably overly diagnosed.
But neurological differences in the brains of ADD people is, to me, proof that something is wrong. So much of who we are and how we feel and act are the direct result of chemical interactions in the brain. If this is off somehow, that's a disorder. Studies that detect the pattern of behaviors that tend to result from this disorder then become valuable to diagnosing and treating the disorder. I was once like you Neil, but proof is proof....what more do you want? > Here's a bit of an older brain imaging study on the topic. Again it > shows statistically significant differences in the executive control > systems between ADHD and non adhd kids. > > Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 9 (2): 81-86, June 1997 > > High-Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in ADHD. > Daniel G. Amen & Blake D. Carmichael > Abstract > Children and adolescents with ADHD were evaluated with high-resolution > brain SPECT imaging to determine if there were similarities between > reported PET and QEEG findings. Fifty-four children and adolescents > with ADHD by DSM-III-R and Conners Rating Scale criteria were > evaluated. A non-ADHD control group was also studied with SPECT. Two > brain SPECT studies were done on each group, a resting study and an > intellectual stress study done while participants were doing a > concentration task. Sixty-five percent of the ADHD group revealed > decreased perfusion in the prefrontal cortex with intellectual stress, > compared to only 5% of the control group. These are findings > consistent with PET and QEEG findings. Of the ADHD group who did not > show decreased perfusion, two-thirds had markedly decreased activity > in the prefrontal cortices at rest. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143112 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
