Isn’t it great when psychiatrists publish websites or blogs that help you decide if they might be the right (or very wrong) choice for you? Isn’t it really great when their guest comments on other blogs provide an entirely different picture of their approach than you would get by reading the pro forma info on their websites? Buyer beware!
Readers nationwide often write to me asking for referrals to psychiatrists or therapists in their area who are competent in treating ADHD. I do my best to help, still emphasizing the importance of patients being pro-active. No matter how good the expert, it’s important to take a team approach. I routinely recommend a Google search for the professional’s website or blog to learn more about approach, training, and so forth. Even Yelp.com reviews might provide some inkling of a physician’s or therapist’s reputation.
Never have I seen such a clear case of “truth in advertising” about a psychiatrist’s approach to ADHD, however, than this blog post from a David Allen, MD (it’s unclear where he is practicing now but he received his medical degree at UCSF, a local medical school that will receive future attention in my blog).
To partially quote Allen’s manifesto at the top of his blog: Read the rest of this entry »
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