ADD/ADHD and qEEG

The Reality of Diagnosing ADD/ADHD in Primary Care

"If you're lucky, third-party payers allow you 15 minutes with a patient, and you can't do a decent AD/HD work-up in that time."
--Linda Nathanson-Lippitt, an Atlanta pediatrician and expert in neurological disorders.

Some Reasons the Diagnosis of ADHD/ADD can be Problematic:

Current Standard of Care for ADHD/ADD:

ONE VISIT for 15-60 minutes (dependent on if primary care or psychiatry)
After this brief office visit, the decision is made whether or not the child has ADHD/ADD and whether or not to prescribe medications.

How Accurate is Your Evaluation?

Ask your doctor what they are using to diagnose your child or yourself with ADHD and how accurate their measurement is.

 

Standard of Care at Wise Psychiatry:

Call Dr. Wise to schedule an initial visit -
719.487.7943

 

Video Clips Explaining qEEG Technology:

BOSTON (.wmv - 5.08MB)
LSU (.wmv - 9.05MB)
CHICAGO (.wmv - 5.62MB)

Points Distinguishing Dr. Wise's use of qEEG from others:

What the Experts are Saying about qEEG:

"Quantitative EEG will help experts more clearly document the neurology and behavioral nature of AD/HD, paving the way for better understanding and treatment."
American Academy of Pediatrics, ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative Guide (2004), p. 324.

"We believe these [research] findings justify the clinical use of qEEG in the initial screening and treatment evaluation stages of children with ADD, ADHD, and LD."
Chabot, R. J., di Michele, F., & Prichep, L. (2005). The role of quantitative electroencephalography in child and adolescent psychiatric disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 14, 21-53.

"At this time, [Quantitative EEG] is the only procedure that comes out of the laboratory setting and is practical enough for use in the clinician's office. By providing an objective measure, it aids the clinician in dealing with several problem areas often encountered in the diagnostic process. QEEG solves problems in identification including: differences in parent vs teacher reports on rating scales; documentation of the inattentive type of the disorder which characteristically has been more difficult to diagnose; and the identification of females which DSM criteria and symptom checklists have characteristically overlooked."
Reference: Dr. Patricia Quinn, Director, National Center for Gender Issues and ADHD.

EEG correlates of methylphenidate response among children with ADHD: a preliminary report.
Conclusions:
"These preliminary findings indicate that there are different electrophysiologic correlates to methylphenidate among ADHD children who are medication responders and nonresponders."

Loo SK, Teale PD, Reite ML.
Biological Psychiatry (1999) Jun 15;45(12):1657-60.