Charles Parker - New ADHD Medication Rules: Brain Science & Common Sense

Brain Science & Common Sense

Dr. Charles Parker

SPECT Brain Imaging Consultant,
Author of Deep Recovery,
Functional Systems Medicine Consultant,
Author of CorePsych Blog
Neuroscience Consultant,
Child Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist

NEW YORK
VIRGINIA

NEW NEW ADHD MEDICATION RULES
BY DR. CHARLES PARKER

Copyright 2010 by Dr. Charles Parker, Second Edition

ISBN 9781938467226

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This book could not find its way to your hands without significant support and help from a number of people, present both in my current life and from years past. To name but a few: Thomas Walker, English instructor at Culver Military Academy; Herman Belmont MD, director of child psychiatry at Hahnemann Medical College who encouraged my first medical writing experience; the many interesting reps and regional directors at Shire Pharmaceuticals who supported the many speaking and learning opportunities with medical colleagues for many years as a national speaker for Shire.

(Pharmaceutical companies have contributed considerably to the public good, and it is most disconcerting to see how they have suffered by default at the hands of so many who simply don't appreciate the importance of understanding the basic science or ongoing medical communication in that dinner meeting context.)

I also offer a special note of appreciation for the trust and patience of the many interesting patients over the years who helped me understand what the books don't teach. If you know the science, the meds work more predictably.

Specific deep gratitude goes out to an outstanding fellow writer and stand-up commentator on the challenges we all face with the evolution of ADHD treatment, Gina Pera in San Francisco, author of the award winning Is it You, Me or Adult A.D.D.?. Others who helped me to complete Rules include Marianne Sunderland, Betsy Davenport, and Tom Walker, that same remarkable teacher from high school fifty years ago who returned to help with a final review.

Most especially, thanks to my wife, Cate, for her patience with personal time for this project, as I'm admittedly often writing and editing CorePsych Blog and Rules at the expense of our time together. Without Cate working to keep the home fires burning, Rules would still be just an idea.