He describes the scans, and the visits with a “medical historian” who reviewed his history. There he was given two SPECT scans (it stands for single photon emission computed tomography) and a quantitative electroencephalogram. Ladd begins by saying that he was diagnosed with ADHD five years ago, but who writes in his first post that he had noticed he “was still struggling to initiate and follow through on projects, and was prone to bouts of depression.” He decided to go to one of Amen’s clinics for three days of evaluation. Daniel Amen, a psychiatrist who claims to have his own way of diagnosing the six– or is it seven?–varieties of ADHD that he has identified.
That comes from the second of two guest posts by Shawn Ladd, an adult with ADHD who reports on his visit to one of the clinics run by Dr. Adults, teenagers, and small kids were all treated not just politely and humanely, but with genuine pleasure and warmth. I was really struck, not just by the rigor and thoroughness of the Amen Clinics’ exams, but by the respect and understanding that all the clinic’s staff showed us. Here’s an example from a post on the PsychCentral psychology news site: This comes up again and again in stories about them, and it probably goes a long way toward explaining why such providers attract a lot of patients, even if there is little or no evidence to support their treatments. One of the hallmarks of providers of alternative or unproven medical treatments is the warmth, respect, and kindness that they display to patients.
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