Courthouse Dogs

• Meeting emotional needs, one dog at a time
Specially trained facility dogs assist children with physical, psychological or emotional trauma while in the court system.

Addiction

• Just Take the Meds to See If They Help
"And if they help, ‘You must have A.D.H.D.’....Stimulants will help anyone focus better. And a lot of young people like or value that feeling, especially those who are driven and have ambitions. We have to realize that these are potential addicts — drug addicts don’t look like they used to.”

ADHD Real or Not?

• Is ADHD a Real Disorder?
Here is a thoughtful discussion by Claudia Gold, M.D.

Local Therapeutic Riding

• We Can Ride is a local and widely respected organization offering therapeutic horseback riding to adults and children living with disabilities.

Therapy Horses

• Horse Boy World
Dressage Today article on using horses and dressage to help autistic children.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

• MOFAS
Learn more about the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS).

DSM V Update

• Not Diseases, But Categories of Suffering
Written to give physicians a way to recognize similarities and differences among their patients and to talk to one another about them, it now drives insurance coverage and, ultimately, access to care.