Archetype Disorders

Chronic affect dysregulation as a commonality? Read the site, this clipping is just in summary>>

Chronic affect dysregulation is commonly associated with substance abuse, chronic anxiety & depression & problems negotiating satisfying interpersonal relationships. Being able to engage in competent social relationships has been shown to be an important prognostic factor in capacity to recover from further traumatic experiences. A reduced ability to tolerate stressors may lead to their managing their overwhelming distress with self-destructive behaviours such as self-injury, substance abuse, eating disorders & suicide attempts. Loss of self-regulation may also lead to attentional problems, difficulty with stimulus discrimination & inability to inhibit action when aroused. These features may account for the high comorbidity between PTSD & ADHD, in addition to borderline personality disorder, somatisation disorders, dissociative disorders & eating disorders (Van der Kolk 2001).





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Reed Academy Experience

O.K., under the auspices of an open mind...

I believe some of the coMorbid disorders (can't spell the plural for diagnosis) should be considered asymptomatic of either PTSD or ADD/ADHD rather than presented as stand alone.

Reed Academy is a widely acclaimed residential school for boys with serious behavioral health problems. Under the supervision of Dr. Ed Cohen, director of Reed Academy, and Mary “Penny” Mortensen LPN, the Reed school nurse, Christine Lee, RNCS, Lic. Ac., and Janine Agoglia conducted a 6 week pilot study using one gold magnetic bead placed in the posterior shenmen position on each ear. The project was suggested by Dr. Michael Smith of Lincoln Hospital (Bronx, NY) who has previous experience with this type of treatment. The beads provide an acupuncture-like effect. The following data summarizes the response of all 13 boys in the study. The name, age, diagnosis, test response, and clinical response are listed. Test response is based on a modified Conners test which has 12 items which were graded from 0 to 3 in order of severity. The first number represents the score at the beginning of the study as reported by teachers, nurse, parents and child care workers. The second number is the score recorded at the end of the 6 week period. Most of the boys are on several medications. Medications were not changed during the study.



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ADHD Information -ADHD or PTSD

This dialogue suggests "or" is the operative conjunction.

My son was attacked by a Rotweiller nearly 5 years ago and has been treated for PTSD since then. At a recent Ped visit, the doctor and I started to discuss his progress and she indicated that his behavior suggested ADHD -- meets the requirements except that he is highly intelligent and does extremely well in school with minimal effort. She started him on a course of Strattera (didn't work) and now Concerta (45mg/day). We have addressed this over the past few years with his psychiatrist and she has repeatedly said that he exhibits PTSD symtpoms which can mimic ADHD. But now I'm totally confused.

How can we tell the difference...is anyone else experiencing something like this.?







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CRISIS, TYPE II TRAUMA, PTSD, ADD, ADHD: ARE THEY RELATED?

I've researched PTSD a lot since I was diagnosed. When my 6 year old daughter was diagnosed ADD/ADHD I looked into that. Then, I learned my 18 year old son was also diagnosed ADD/ADHD and I started considering adult ADD/ADHD. Now, the natural progression for me was to "and" my searches for both.

How do crises, trauma, long-term chaos, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) fit together?

What is cause and what is effect?

What are the implications for crisis intervention or treatment?



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