Canadian Medical Humor
Canadian Medical Humor Please send us jokes or humorous stories about the Canadian Health Care system. No "adult" humor, and no jokes making fun of our patients. Perfectly OK…
Social Phobia and Shyness
Social phobia is the fear that in certain social situations, one will be criticized or judged negatively. The individual feels a great deal of anxiety, humiliation, embarrassment or even panic…
How to Organize Your Mail and Pay Your Bills
. This is a simple system to help organize one's regular mail and bill payment. Often people become mired up in the basic problem of a cluttered or non-existant…
Panic, Phobias, and Agoraphobia
Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia and Isolated Phobias Panic attacks can occur in the context of several psychiatric conditions. A panic attack is a time-limited intense episode in which the individual…
Setting Back the Clock on Dementia
Maybe it happened when your wife got lost driving to the neighborhood market. Or when your father received a cut-off notice because a utility bill was not paid for…
The High Cost of ADHD
A study published in 2001 in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, indicated that children with AD/HD were more likely to need medical care. The investigators followed…
Dealing with PMS
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) refers to uncomfortable physical and mental symptoms that occur before the onset of the woman’s menstrual period. Estimates of affected women range from 40 to 80%.…
ADHD in Adults: It Rarely Travels Alone
Adults have lived longer than children, and thus have had more time to develop other psychiatric disorders. In children with AD/HD, the existence of a comorbid condition is correlated with…
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
There has been controversy about the use of medications to treat both children and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. There have been articles debating whether Ritalin is over or under…
treating Girls and Women with Attention Deficit Disorder
Young Girls Adolescents Adult Women Medication Psychosocial Treatments Treatment should start at the time of diagnosis. The diagnostic evaluation can have a powerful effect on the girl and her family.…