ADHD Shocking News and Other Mental Health Headlines

Susanna N. Visser: photo by Dustin Chambers

 by admin staff

Alan Schwarz of the New York Times: This is a shocker...more than ten thousand toddlers (ages two to three years old) and are being medicated for ADHD in the United States. Susanna N. Visser (photo above) who manages ADHD research for the CDC presented the date in Atlanta late last week...Report Raising Worries

Did you know May is Mental Health Awareness Month? This campaign, which has been going on for 65 years, should be receiving the attention it deserves in communities large and small in the United States...
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Also helping to break the stigma of mental illness is John Scuchart of Kansas City. This Fox News 4 article(with video) shares Scuchart's personal experiences with depression. A successful businessman, Scuchart's just wants to help others coping with mental illness to not be ashamed. Enough with the Stigma!

Steve McSwain of the Huffington Post quotes Christian philosopher Teilhard de Chardin, "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a temporary human experience."  McSwain ponders the spiritual journey in Spirituality: How to Nurture it

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Channing Tatum: 2012's Sexiest Man Alive and popular Hollywood actor with ADHD and Dyslexia is on the cover of June's issue of GQ Magazine.  Examiner.com's Celebrity Health and Fitness writer, Samantha Chang's article focuses on Tatum as he talks Alcoholism, Obesity and how ADHD drugs made him feel suicidal.