Dr Parker is a practicing child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with an active office and consultative practice, psychopharmacologist, SPECT brain-imaging consultant, systems medicine consultant, and provides second opinions regarding previous SPECT reports. In practice for 40 years, he completed training in psychoanalysis, is board certified in forensic psychiatry, was certified in addictive medicine for 10 years, and wrote Deep Recovery in 1992. He has taught the nuances of ADHD diagnosis and treatment nationally for more than 12 years. His new book, The Patient’s Guide For ADHD Medications, spells out the details for using stimulant medications precisely.

 

Comprehensive Evidence Rules. Even today many still assert that psychiatric treatment is based upon a belief system filled with dreams, abstractions, and little reality. Many assert that ADHD is a ‘character’ problem, and SPECT brain imaging is modern snake oil. Further, few are looking at the implications of molecular and cellular physiology in the context of brain function.

 

And, since it’s possible to codify these new, provocative parameters, why not understand the clinical implications of biologically based biomarkers and laboratory findings?

 

Yes, now we are moving beyond ‘belief systems.’ New brain evidence, these new facts, do count. Everyday practice has moved from fantasies and dreams – to include the reality of measurable brain and body functions.

 

In 2009, increasingly predictable evidence provides predictable outcomes. The core practice of psychiatry is improving and changing everyday.

 

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