Comments on: Sleep-Related Surgeries Don’t “Cure” Behavioral Problems – Study Shows http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/behavioral-problems-sleep-related-surgeries/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: D.D. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/behavioral-problems-sleep-related-surgeries/#comment-37926 D.D. Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:59:15 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3111#comment-37926 Great entry. Anticipating the next one. Great entry. Anticipating the next one.

]]> By: Francis W. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/behavioral-problems-sleep-related-surgeries/#comment-20569 Francis W. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:50:03 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3111#comment-20569 I've read this three times and don't understand why the surgery would be related to improving AD/HD in general. What a pile of mumbo jumbo. Betsy, I like your motto! I’ve read this three times and don’t understand why the surgery would be related to improving AD/HD in general. What a pile of mumbo jumbo. Betsy, I like your motto!

]]> By: Betsy Davenport, PhD http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/behavioral-problems-sleep-related-surgeries/#comment-20494 Betsy Davenport, PhD Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:42:44 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3111#comment-20494 It should be noted that AD/HD is not a behavior disorder. Any behavior (code for "bad behavior") that is troublesome is many mileposts down the road from where the problem is engendered. We dishonor the complexity of a human being to limit our understanding of it to its outermost layer -- that which we can directly observe but which, in and of itself, provides no clues about its origins. Many people with AD/HD have sleep problems, and other problems understood to relate to a general dysregulation of the brain's processes, all of which impair a person in the realm of civilized living. There is no surgery for that. My motto when it comes to doctoring: Do not remove body parts. It should be noted that AD/HD is not a behavior disorder. Any behavior (code for “bad behavior”) that is troublesome is many mileposts down the road from where the problem is engendered. We dishonor the complexity of a human being to limit our understanding of it to its outermost layer — that which we can directly observe but which, in and of itself, provides no clues about its origins.

Many people with AD/HD have sleep problems, and other problems understood to relate to a general dysregulation of the brain’s processes, all of which impair a person in the realm of civilized living. There is no surgery for that.

My motto when it comes to doctoring: Do not remove body parts.

]]> By: Paula http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/behavioral-problems-sleep-related-surgeries/#comment-20489 Paula Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:15:11 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3111#comment-20489 Has even therapy fallen out of favor to help kids with behavior problems now? Seems like all i hear about these days are medications to make things better or surgeries that will be a cure all. But sometimes maybe what these kids need is just someone to talk to to and really hear wht they have to say. What a novel concept huh? Has even therapy fallen out of favor to help kids with behavior problems now? Seems like all i hear about these days are medications to make things better or surgeries that will be a cure all. But sometimes maybe what these kids need is just someone to talk to to and really hear wht they have to say. What a novel concept huh?

]]> By: Emmy http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/behavioral-problems-sleep-related-surgeries/#comment-20481 Emmy Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:29:06 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3111#comment-20481 Gosh, why does there always have to be something that promises to be a quick fix but we know that in the end this is just going to be a bandaid to mask the real problems? Gosh, why does there always have to be something that promises to be a quick fix but we know that in the end this is just going to be a bandaid to mask the real problems?

]]> By: Hannah http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/behavioral-problems-sleep-related-surgeries/#comment-20447 Hannah Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:55:43 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3111#comment-20447 Sorry but I can't jump on the surgery bandwagon either. What morons in the medical community came up with this one? More surgeons just wanting to line their pockets even more than they already do? Come on people! We all know that there is way more to behavioral issues than just lack of sleep. It may play a factor but there just has to be other stuff going on there as well. Sorry but I can’t jump on the surgery bandwagon either. What morons in the medical community came up with this one? More surgeons just wanting to line their pockets even more than they already do? Come on people! We all know that there is way more to behavioral issues than just lack of sleep. It may play a factor but there just has to be other stuff going on there as well.

]]> By: jimmy http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/behavioral-problems-sleep-related-surgeries/#comment-20446 jimmy Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:24:19 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3111#comment-20446 Surgery to correct a behavioral problem!...Isn't this an example of the proverbial "to a hammer everything looks like a nail!" Seriously folks...the medical establishment needs to make better strides at treating people holistically and realizing that many "behavioral problems" have a multiple causes and influences. If only psychiatrists and md's consulted with psychotherapists as readily as psychotherapists are willing to take the MD’s view into account! Surgery to correct a behavioral problem!…Isn’t this an example of the proverbial “to a hammer everything looks like a nail!” Seriously folks…the medical establishment needs to make better strides at treating people holistically and realizing that many “behavioral problems” have a multiple causes and influences. If only psychiatrists and md’s consulted with psychotherapists as readily as psychotherapists are willing to take the MD’s view into account!

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