Health Expert CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/47623/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/47623/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/47623/index http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/102221/promoting-employment Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:06:00 -0500 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD I am pleased to share a message from public policy specialist Cindy Smith on CHADD's efforts to promote employment for adults with ADHD. My 19-year-old son is in a post-high school program. He is struggling with getting to class and obligations on time, bringing all the materials necessary to learn and participate, and effectively organizing his time. Many young adults have these challenges. But if the daily and weekly challenges continue - even... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/102221/promoting-employment http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/100720/health-exchanges Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:00:00 -0500 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD The health care reform legislation now separately approved by the House and Senate contains a new mechanism - health exchanges - for persons not working for large employers and not on Medicaid, Medicare, or other public programs to purchase health insurance. Working adults with ADHD with modest incomes who not employed by large employers will look to health exchanges to purchase insurance. Enactment of the healthcare reform legislation would... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/100720/health-exchanges http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/99473/status-13-principles Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD The House and Senate have each passed health care reform legislation. What is the status of CHADD's 13 principles? On August 13, CHADD issued 13 principles to consider in health care reform. On October 15, CHADD and five national sister organizations (AACAP, ASA, CABF, MHA, and NAMI) issued five principles to consider. The five are a merged and consistent statement with the previous thirteen. CHADD's 13 principles and their legislative... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/99473/status-13-principles http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/98890/promote-protections Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:57:00 -0500 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD On December 8, the new Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, MD, told the National Health Council, which includes CHADD, that the FDA will be tracking and responding to a "life cycle" approach to medication treatment. Rather than approve medications for sale on the market after approved clinical trials and waiting for adverse reactions to be reported, the FDA (pending additional resources by Congress) plans to track... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/98890/promote-protections http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/96066/neurofeedback-seeking Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:43:00 -0500 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD Thousands of American families, including my own, have invested thousands of dollars in a promising intervention for AD/HD-neurofeedback. No health insurance plan in America pays for neurofeedback for the treatment of AD/HD as the evidence-based science is not yet there. CHADD's professional advisory board has published What We Know statements on the evidence-based science on complementary and alternative interventions, including neurofeedback,... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/96066/neurofeedback-seeking http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/94307/security-programs-ad Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:40:00 -0500 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD My 19-year-old son is in a post-high school program that offers trial work assignments, independent living skills, and social skills, combined with some community college. We are hopeful that he will develop work skills. Social challenges are his most immediate challenge. The prospect of no health insurance because of a lack of full-time employment with a large employer is a longer-term concern (and thus our support for national health care... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/94307/security-programs-ad http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/88249/ad-hd-role-government Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:59:00 -0400 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD Following receipt of our August 13, 2009 e-mail blast to our 68,000 constituents titled Get Involved-Health Care Reform and Congress-13 Principles to Consider, a gentleman asked to be removed from our mailing list. He was in his fifties and has lived with AD/HD his entire adult life. He commented that to deal with AD/HD, CHADD did not need to promote "government dependence." So, I wanted to share with you some CHADD philosophy, as articulated... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/88249/ad-hd-role-government http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/88248/included-proposals Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:56:00 -0400 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD This morning I attended a Campaign for Mental Health Reform congressional briefing, "The Integration of Mental Health and Health: Evidence from the Medical Home." CHADD is a Campaign member. All five congressional committee draft healthcare reform legislative proposals contain financial incentives for creating and expanding "medical" or "health care" homes.   CHADD endorses the concept and experience of a "medical home" (clinical... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/88248/included-proposals http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/78855/health-wellness-care Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:06:00 -0400 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD CHADD is pursuing the promotion of health and wellness as part of our health care reform agenda.   A blogger and former CHADD chapter coordinator reacted to last week's blog on health care reform messages noting: "Totally left out of the debate are such factors as encouraging health and wellness. A huge chunk of our health care costs arise from avoidable conditions-obesity, lifestyle choices (smoking, for instance), inactivity, and so... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/78855/health-wellness-care http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/78853/care-reform-messages Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:56:00 -0400 CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD Every day in the national media there are reports of the debates, discussions, proposals, and controversies about national health care reform. This is a very complicated arena.   Here are the highlights of CHADD's priorities for health care reform (as of today).   CHADD, as a member of the National Health Council Voluntary Health Agencies, advocates five principles in addressing health care reform, as part of the Council's... http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/c/47623/78853/care-reform-messages