I did not just throw that stat out there, it comes from a (probably heavily slanted) discussion i went to about psychotherapy.
As for the comment about diet and life style, I will stand by it, as the drawbacks and side effects of ritalin and other medicines for ADD/ADHD far out weigh their usefulness. There are volumes of behavioral studies that show a close connection between diet and the reduction of symptoms of ADD, one that is quite interesting is the one where they replaced the standard school meals in schools for troubled children in one distract, but not in the neighboring one. they saw a dermatic improvement of grades, and behavior in the school with the substituted lunches. I am not familiar with your brothers case nor am i a psycologist, but the scientific studies that i have read, or heard of all seem to point towards better ways of treating ADD/ADHD with diet and lifestyle.
I did not just throw that stat out there, it comes from a (probably heavily slanted) discussion i went to about psychotherapy.
As for the comment about diet and life style, I will stand by it, as the drawbacks and side effects of ritalin and other medicines for ADD/ADHD far out weigh their usefulness. There are volumes of behavioral studies that show a close connection between diet and the reduction of symptoms of ADD, one that is quite interesting is the one where they replaced the standard school meals in schools for troubled children in one distract, but not in the neighboring one. they saw a dermatic improvement of grades, and behavior in the school with the substituted lunches. I am not familiar with your brothers case nor am i a psycologist, but the scientific studies that i have read, or heard of all seem to point towards better ways of treating ADD/ADHD with diet and lifestyle.