the actual effect of giving somebody with adhd, adhd medication is that theyjust feel normal.nds easy, that is absolutely incredible for them. we've all heard of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or adhd... but prescribing stimulants in ever—growing numbers is still criticised by some. there may not be just one cause... in the united states where prescription rates are far higher, the debate goes on in print... i take it right when i wake up... and on tv. this netflix documentary, just the latest to take on the subject. what's the cost of that? some psychiatrists here are also very sceptical. i'm really worried about it because no long—term benefits have ever been demonstrated for stimulant is in terms of improving quality—of—life or their performance in school tests, or work performance or anything like that. i think it's important for people to realise they are taking a mind altering substance. they are basically taking a low dose of amphetamine or a drug that's similar to amphetamine and they are getting the same sorts of alterations that of the stimulant users get,

. >>> and diagnosing adhd in kids using brain scans. tonight the signs doctors say parents should look out for to know when a child should be tested. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. we begin with a tense situation that's been unfolding all afternoon long in baltimore county, maryland. a female police officer killed and a neighborhood, the scene of an intense manhunt. schools were put on virtual lockdown and workers and residents warned to shelter in place. the killing of the officer during an apparent traffic stop brings to 56 the number of law enforcement members killed on duty so far this year around the country. pete williams has late details. >> reporter: in the air and on the ground, state and local police launched a manhunt in a suburb of baltimore, maryland after a baltimore county police officer was killed. >> can you let us know if you can get any vehicle description? >> reporter: she was dispatched to check out reports of a suspicious vehicle. police say it appeared that

host: she says her daughter has adhd.is asd often confused or conflated with somebody with attention deficit disorder? guest: it can be. often, that is an initial diagnosis and later as the child continues to develop and greater difficulties emerge in the area of social skills, we can move to that. it is important to recognize that like the caller described, these disorders can coexist. previously until about five years ago, we were not allowed to make a diagnosis of adhd along with asd. as the resource progressed just research progressed, -- research progressed, we are able. host: richard in oklahoma. caller: i found an old photograph and i remember this well for my childhood in new jersey. on the back of the photograph it says, he is in his own little world. i know that happened frequently and it is kind of like, i was undiagnosed with autism but i think i did have it. i don't know whether it carries to adult or not. i do not know much about it. i went on and became an engineer, and i have been that stereotypical charac

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how does a parent know their child has adhd?often times the teachers or parents will put pressure, this child needs ridalyn. attention issues versus a normal kid that needs to move a little bit more. if you're really concerned that a child has adhd in young children, you can send them to developmental pediatrician, neuropsychologist or child psychiatrist. it's hard to get an appointment with the specialists, across the country there's a huge shortage of the doctors that are able to see children. often times general pediatricians are left to make that decision, is this child, you know, really -- does this child really need medicine. ainsley: what have the danger ifs the child doesn't need the medicine? >> completely in effective, rapid heart beat, agitated. if the child have tick disorder, blinking, making faces, it causes insomnia, you never want to give medicine to somebody who does not need that. ainsley: can it lead to drug addiction later in life? >> no, we usually don't see drug addiction but depresses appetite immensely, t

for some reason or for public good.oo kids on medications, there has been an incredible spike of the adhd diagnosis. and we are talking triple in so depending on the age category, ten through 15% of children or teenagers below who are now diagnosed with this and 80% typically will be medicated. now my daughter who is a psychiatrist has said you have to understand, by the way it is two/one boys and interestingly very little in the minority community intel the obamacare expansion made these drugs with their healthcare more available to a broader class so you have seen an increase in minority families whose kids also have these. so was that a good thing or a bad thing? the case for a good thing is it is incredibly difficult to get through schoolff today. it is much more demanding requiring more attention and focus so you can say it is helping millions m of kids not only make life a little easier for parents but also to get them through school but the bad thing is we don't really know the long-term effects of having kids on medication from age two or five or 17 and today expect that to be lif

this is a class of medication that is first line fda approved to treating kids and teens with adhd.ey increase activation in the brain, they increase brain waves, very, very helpful but like any medication, they have a long list of side effects and they are associated with an increased risk of dependence and/or abuse. when you talk about the side effects, things like agitation, insomnia, rapid heart rate, unintentional weight loss, a major issue for children and teenagers, high blood pressure. most are minor and temporary. there is a black box warning for some of them for sudden death if you have a certain type of heart defect, but the bottom line, these are described as turning the lights on for someone who is trying to work in the dark. so it's about balancing those risks and benefit. >> what about other treatments, medication? >> obviously it's individually -- it has to be targeted to that child or teenager. there are other prescription medications that can be used but medicine is not one size fits all, andst -- it's really about finding what works for that child. awareness is ke

he has some learning disabilities like dyslexia and adhd.. and so this is a class that caters to students with challenges like that. he tells me that the teacher pinches students.. not just him.. when they don't know an answer she thinks he should know. i spoke with the son as well. he's 16. he says.. the teacher calls students up casually and it's at her desk that she pinches the student for various reasons. let's take a listen to her describing nicole bauer/concerned parentwhat he says happened was that the teachers were pinching him in his arm to get to work to do his work, jamming her knuckle in his ribcage. he says that hurts the most and will hurt the whole day. and he just kept it in, kept it in, because he has low self esteem and he felt like he deserved it for not paying attention or not working fast enough.. and it's just shocking that he didn't say anything sooner and that i couldn't protect him (grant)(grant) another big story we're following tonight... a vigil is being held for a teenager who drowned in his school's swimming pool

. >> reporter: mom lisa says the horses helped justin with adhd calming him and helping him focus. >>t absolutely does a lot for his confidence. >> reporter: when you see that? >> it makes me happy and i know we're until the right place. >> reporter: ann mariner created the program to empower not just people, but the horses. you see, they have been rescued, too. take miles who was abandoned and tied up in a parking lot. >> good boy. people break them and we fix them or try to. >> reporter: last december they had to be rescued again from wildfires as flames whipped across southern california, horses across the region were evacuated quickly. >> it just made me sad because this ranch really means a lot to me. >> reporter: justin soon learned that the therapy horses were safely moved to a nearby college. they survived and so did the ranch. >> i'm happy it's still here. >> reporter: which means his sunday tradition rides on. joe fryer, nbc news, california. >> and that is "nightly news" for this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. i think i'm going to go heat up some chicken soup. for all of

. >> i have adhd with ocd and anxiety and in fifth grade and sixth grade i struggled. >> and colette. >> i missed a ton of school and i would go to, like, the stairwell or something and i would just be crying and i would call my mom. >> reporter: what do they think about the campaign? >> it was comforting to me to know that, you know, i'm not the only one. >> it does get better and easier as life goes on. >> people have dealt with it. it makes me so happy to see that because i'm like i can actually do this. >> if you have diabetes you take medication. if you have some mental health issues, you also take medication. and it's no big deal. >> that really resonated with me because i think sometimes people are like looked down upon kind of like for taking medication. >> once i found that it was okay to talk to somebody and seek help, i think that's something that has changed my life forever. >> it was kind of cool to see, like, you know, to always have that mind set, if they can do it, i can do it. >> there's so many people that suffer in silence because there's such a big stigma around me

so, there has been this incredible spiking of the adhd diagnosis. we are talking about like a tripling. if you look at it, it somewhere with the age category between 10, 11 of 15% of children and teenagers below think 3% of two or three -year-olds are diagnosed in 80% typically will be medicated for the disease. i would say my daughter who is a psychiatrist has a said you got to understand-- and by the way it's almost all boys. two to one boys. interestingly it was very little in the minority community and tell i think the obamacare expansion made these drugs in this healthcare more available to broader classes. you have seen an increase in minority families whose kids also have these drugs. the question is is it a good thing or a bad thing. the case for a good thing and the reason why they give it is because it's an credit-- it's difficult to get through school today. it's much more demanding, requires more attention, patients, focus. you look at this and say this is helping millions of kids not only make life easier for their parents, but also to

cams. and had to find a gp he would prescribe medication for her adhd. prescribe medication for her adhdis next week, six months after her 18th birthday. her 18th birthday. and started to self harm and have panic attacks. panic attacks. emergency appointment, but was refused. refused. to a&e because panic attacks was not an emergency. an emergency. and i feel we are abandoned as a family. family. through the net when they turn 18, where is the support? where is the support? people should be taken up to the age of 25. of 25. let me know if you think it would be a more appropriate age? would be a more appropriate age? does it shift the threshold for people to slip through the net? people to slip through the net? let me know what you think. at the standard network rate. here's some sport now with holly. fans, there eight year stay in the premier league is over. premier league is over. relegation was sealed by southampton 1—0 victory over swansea last night. 1—0 victory over swansea last night. almost safe while swansea are plunged deeper into trouble. plunged deeper into trouble. elsewhere

. >> the horses helped justin with his adhd, calming him and letting him focus. >> it does a lot fordence. >> when you see that, i know we're in the right place about. >> the horses have been rescued too. miles was abandoned and tied up in a parking lot. >> people break them and then we fix them or try to. as flames whipped across southern california, horses across the region were evacuated quickly. >> it made me sad. this ranch means a lot to me. the horses were safely moved to a nearby college. they survived and so did the ranch. >> i'm happy it's still here. >> which means his sunday tradition rides on. joe fryar, nbc news, tohanga, california. four games earned a >>> well, the video gained hall of fame announced its 2018 inductees. the first to be announced was spacewar. i remember this one, because my uncle had atar write. two ships were firing torpedos at each other. the next was dance dance revolution and mine craft. >> get outside and play. >> can you take the video game outside? >> some you can. >> we're going to get a little more sunshine as we led into the afternoon. tomor

for me personally, i have a son who has pretty severe adhd, and his transition to kindergarten was really difficult. what that meant and what happens to a lot of kids who have behavioral issues are labels of being aggressive or a difficult child. you know, without the social worker to help him to provide that social and emotional and behavioral support, he wouldn't be where he is today. kindergarten, first grade, it's night and day. the social worker was able to work with him and provide support he needed. it's not just my son. it's all the kids that have these difficulties, that are going through transitions that, are going through trauma. the social worker is key in providing that extra behavioral and emotional support in order to make them feel safe in school and thrive. so i urge you to restore our social worker. thanks. [ applause ] >> hi. good evening. my name is austina. i'm one of the parents at redding elementary. i'm here mostly just to hear what other people have been saying about the funding issues at schools and to point out that our school is very small to start with. becaus

the mom says her 16-year-old has dyslexia and adhd.says the teacher is pinching the students and jamming a knuckle into their rib cage to get them to do work. she has filed a police report... but police say they have not found any evidence to support her claim. but the mother is still concerned about her son. ( james ) the mom is hoping that by going public with the story... more students will come forward to corroborate her son's accusations. ( james ) on the peninsula... a driver who hit several parked cars in san bruno has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. it happened on cherry avenue near commodore drive. police say bradley jones of hayward appeared to have been drinking. jones was treated for minor injuries. no one else was hurt. ( darya ) happening today... expect to see more bicyclists on your way to work... it is bike to work day all across the bay area. tens of thousands of people

. >> there's some things going on with his adhd and then there were some underlining depression, so,t all the gaming. >> reporter: al and christina are wondering what's going on inside josh's head. if only there were a way to peek inside that adolescent brain. well, it turns out there is. >> you had an mri before? >> no. >> reporter: josh is getting a functional mri as part of a new study by dr. david rosenberg. his theory, yet to be proven, is that excessive gaming changing brain activity. these triplets are in the study, too. >> turn it off now. >> stop, mom. >> you're still playing. >> i said i'm going to watch this, and then i'm going to go play outside with josh. i'm going to go play outside with josh. >> reporter: that's noah. you can see why his mom says gaming has more of a hold on him than on his brother and sister. these are the triplets' brain scans. two are typical, but noah's is not. dr. rosenberg highlights areas in red he says represent brain activity involving memory, attention and decision-making. noah's is almost completely gray. but now look at noah's brain after t

mom says her son is being abused by a teacher at his high school.the 16 year old has dyslexia and adhd.. and is in a class that is supposed to cater to students with learning challenges.but nicole bauer says.. that is far from what's happening. nicole bauer/concerned parent what he says happened was that the teachers were pinching him in his arm to get to work to do his work, jamming her knuckle in his ribcage. he says that hurts the most and will hurt the whole day. and he just kept it in, kept it in, because he has low self esteem and he felt like he deserved it for not paying attention or not working fast enough.. and it's just shocking that he didn't say anything sooner and that i couldn't protect him bauer says her son claims the abuse has been happening for most of the school year.to prove his point.. he recorded a conversation with his teacher that bauer turned in to police. in it, there is a couple of instances of cursing.. and what bauer says is demeaning behavior on the part of the teacher. nicole bauer/concerned parentthis desk is smarter than you, things like that that real

got trade is under the developmental kind of trauma banner, but traits of autism spectrum disorder, adhdlike that can trigger things with him, and it can then result in challenging and unusual behaviours. can you explain, matt, right the way a child is brought up or treated in the very, very, very early stages of their life, you adopted your son at 13 months, just over a year, why that impacts on them as an eight—year—old, a 15—year—old, a 42—year—old? eight—year—old, a 15—year—old, a 42-year-old? part of it is the attachment relationship, it is a pattern of experience as laid down that a child learns about those initial important relationships, but as anna said, other important things are going on, and attachment is not the only show in town. there are things that go won't prenatally, abuse, neglect, exposure to drugs and alcohol in utero. so attachment is, in many ways, the output of a whole range of things that are impacting them. did you have any discussions with the relevant adoption services about this issue before you adopted your little boy? we went through a very vigorous proces

think about what it means for somebody who has dyslexia or autism or adhd, the ability for computers to be able to look and recognize what's going on and advise people on what their facial image says. are they happy or sad, are they concerned, it's a valuable tool. think about what speech recognition means for people who have some level or think about what the various ways that computers can manage knowledge and what i can do for people who have a variety of different mental health issues. just to get your mind around this a little bit, i want to show you a short video clip of what we are doing as we think about and move forward the technology that is being used with ai to address the need of people who have some level of blindness. >> seeing ai as a microsoft research project for people with visual impairments helps narrate the world around you by turning the digital world into an audible experience. .your phone camera, select the channel and hear a description. the app recognizes saved friends. it describes the people around you including their motion. 28-year-old female wearing gl

. >> i have adhd and anxiety. in fifth grade i missed three months of school.d a ton of school. >> reporter: what do they think about the campaign? >> it just helps you in feeling not as lonely. >> don't ever feel like you're a weirdo for it because we're all weirdos. >> it makes me so happy to see that because i'm like, i can actually do this. >> if you have diabetes, you take medication. if you have some mental health issues, you also take medication. >> i really liked in the videos what sara said because i think sometimes people are like looked down upon kind of like for taking medication. >> once i found that it was okay to talk to somebody and seek help, i think that's something that has changed my life forever. >> if they could do it, i could do it. >> reporter: the founder of the child mind institute says, they are seeing a difference. >> we have heard from hundreds of thousands of kids, deteenage and their parents about how impressed they were by seeing famous actors, celebrities, athletes, who talked about their mental health disorder and how treatment

the mom says her 16-year-old has dyslexia and adhd.a knuckle into their rib cage to get them to do work. she has filed a police report... but police say they have not found any evidence to support her claim. but the mother is still concerned about her son. ( darya ) the mom is hoping that by going public with the story... more students will come forward to corroborate her son's accusations. ( darya ) fremont police are trying to track down a man who ripped a chain from a woman's neck. this happened near alder avenue and oak street. police say the man knocked the woman to the ground... and ran off with the chain. ( james ) laptop thieves strike again in the east bay... this time in el cerrito. police say two people were hanging out... outside of a starbucks on san pablo avenue. when a woman inside the coffee shop got up to throw out her garbage... the thieves grabbed her computer... got into a car... a

i now know that i am adhd. we are in mental health awareness week as well.ays to go until the royal wedding, we're in windsor as rehearsals get under way for harry and meghan's big day. time for the latest news. here's annita. the headlines on bbc news: a review of building regulations set up after the grenfell tragedy says "cost was prioritised over safety" but does not propose an outright ban on flammable cladding. the senior engineer commissioned by the government to undertake the review published her report this morning. damejudith hackitt concluded that indifference and ignorance led a race to the bottom in building practices. she's calling for better enforcement of existing rules. the government has announced that it is to set the maximum stake on fixed—odds betting terminals at £2, down from £100. the machines exist in thousands of bookmakers throughout the uk, and the major betting companies say that reducing the stake limit will force them to close hundreds of shops with the loss of thousands ofjobs. campaigners say the machines are highly addictive