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posted 11/17/2008, comment (1)

ADHD Treatment in Adult Correctional Facilities

Over the past 30 years as inpatient and outpatient mental health services decreased across the United States, more and more adults and youth with mental health or neurodevelopmental disabilities such as ADHD have been incarcerated usually for crimes involving substance abuse, sensation seeking, impulsive behavior. At the present time it is... Read more Chevron

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CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD

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E. Clarke Ross is the CEO of CHADD

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posted 10/31/2008, comments (0)

ADHD and Economic Self-Sufficiency

My son is now 18 years old and a senior in high school. We are struggling with what happens after high school-work preparation and self-sufficiency. One of the greatest impediments to our planning is that health insurance coverage is dependent on either full-time employment by a large employer or his being deemed by the government as "permanently... Read more Chevron

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5150KAT

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I am bipolar, ADHD, and alot of issues related.

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posted 10/28/2008, comments (13)

What's really going on?????

I dont quite get what this share post thing is about. I came across this website, thought it might be interesting. I am diagnosed with bipolar type 1, adult adhd, anxiety disorder, PTSD, substance abuse. So I am pretty much a disaster. I have been recieving ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) for over a year. I have a very... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/16/2008, comments (0)

Second chance...or death sentence on a dream

I am a college graduate with ADD Inattentive type. I knew i had the disease since the first grade, when i was threatened to be held back by my principal. after getting tested and medicated i became an academic superstar, landing admission to a top school where i wanted to become a physician. The problem was when i left home.... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/15/2008, comments (3)

Reducing Discrimination in Health Insurance

Come new health insurance plan implementation in January 2010 - yes, that's 2010 - arbitrary and discriminatory health insurance treatment of many mental disorders will cease. CHADD has been very involved, with the entire national mental health community, in getting the Congress of the United States to pass mental health parity. Mental... Read more Chevron

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