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The person, the problems, medications & interventions

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Footbone connected to the leg bone.   A person calls for an appointment with a problem.  Who are you treating, the person or the problem?  Too often the primary focus is the problem and yet, as the old song goes, "everything is connected".  When I agree to see a perspective patient for a problem, I try to evaluate the whole person.  In the spirit of that approach, I  have a group of people I can consult that include social workers, sports psychologists, academic tutors, dieticians, language pathologists, occupational therapists and other medical specialists.  Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is an example of a medical condition that requires a multi-disciplinary approach.  For example, in my research, eighty percent of all people with the ADD diagnose are organizationally impaired and motor/sensory delayed.  Fifty percent are sleep impaired.  Forty percent have development language delays.  Thirty percent have anxiety and/or depression.  Twenty-Five percent over the age o

Introduction and Welcome

Welcome to my new blog. From time to time I will be posting my thoughts and notes related to various strategies for treatment of patients problems which I encounter in my practice. Dr. Allan Foodman, MD