A news article on the topic of ADD and treatment interviews several people, including Maggie Preston [27, right] who “was diagnosed with ADD at 16 and took Ritalin for four years. She quit over concerns about addiction after several occasions when she used her medications recreationally. Now she’s a student of photography at California College [...]
Entries from December 2006
ADD - medicating the gifted and talented
Helping our emotional health through creative expression
In her article Creativity, the Arts, and Madness, Maureen Neihart, Psy.D. notes, “There are numerous examples of artists who used their work to save their minds. For example, Anne Sexton [photo], who was institutionalized for her psychosis wrote, “Poetry led me by the hand out of madness” and Jackson Polluck’s large canvas drippings have been [...]
Energy healing & psychic ability
Adam Dreamhealer is considered a gifted distant energy healer and author.
From a recent news story [Adam the Healer - Nineteen-Year-Old Says His Touch Can Cure Diseases, ABCNews ABC.com July 13, 2006] :
Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School and the Mind/Body Center says it does not surprise him that people improve or are even healed [...]
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