Tag: childhood sleep problems
On the Corner of Distress & Poverty: What Happens to Our...
In the last few years, Mental Health First Aid has been backed by the President of the United States, the First Lady, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the National Council on Behavioral Health (among others). In fiscal year 2015 alone, the federal budget allotted 15 million toward the Councilâs MHFA mission of âone million trained.â Yet, this course â promoted with unprecedented fervor and designed to support the average citizen to identify a mental health âproblemâ in their fellow persons and (strongly) encourage them to get âhelpâ â has little to say about the importance and emotional impact of meeting basic human needs.
âADHD Drugs Could Harm Kids’ Sleepâ
Children diagnosed with ADHD who are prescribed stimulant drugs have more sleep problems than those with ADHD that do not take these drugs.