Bugs, Taz, and ADHD

This is an example of teaching psychopathology using cartoons.
This is a classic Warner Bros.
cartoon used to give information
about ADHD.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Psychopathology
• Gordon
• Goodman
• NuWerks.com
• Bugs
• and
• Taz
• Fielding
• University

[1974Asha]

...it wud be valuable to state that as the person ages the symptoms change and may decrease but the person can still be crippled by this disorder and as adult ADHD is now recognised by NICE adolecense with ADHD must not be led to believe its a childhood disorder as they will refrain from treatment and this can have a devistating affect in their career plans/home life/mental health! but it is a awesome method of getting the message accross!

[MediaShrink]

You are absolutely right, Asha. Thank you. it is only now being accepted as a disorder that follows people throughout life. It also has different symptoms in males than it does in females. it can be devastating especially if it is not diagnosed as a disorder and treated.

[MediaShrink]

Yes, I plan to complete fun examples of most of the categories within the DSM-TR. It's always interesting to see the comments associated with each disorder. That would be a study in itself. We're moving toward a system of sliding scales to detect disorders. The present system was devised with the best of intentions, thinking that if they followed a medical model of diagnosis it would make categorization easier. But we're all complex creatures. Future diagnostic systems will be better.

[swingbikechick]

I have ADHD!!!!!  No, wait, I think I'm just lazy.

[haloreach9897]

hey...wassup doc haha laughin my butt off!!!!!!!!!

[HanzTheNaziCrow]

I have ADD lol

[1958boomergirl]

I love the cartoon and the psychopathology text all rolled into one. Funny? Ohhh, this is funny!! Keep up the good work. I love the humor.

[Dukehart70]

@map1391 Um.. what the hell is your problem? Are you US commercial producer of something?

[Dukehart70]

@azureking69213 It would be interesting to see a British study on any correlation between TV and ADHD- in Brittan, there are no commercials during the show- they come only in between shows.

[soniccandice]

my bother has adhd

[azureking69213]

For the record, I never had to whoop my son. Instead of always playing video games and watching TV, I taught him things like chess and fishing. Sometimes he doesn't like to pay attention, but I holler and tell him to stand at attention and he does. He doesn't need Ritalin, he needs training. As adults, that is our job, to train our children while allowing them room to think for themselves. They must be capable of survival, and drugging them up for a bogus diagnosis isn't how you do it.

[azureking69213]

I know quite a bit about ADHD, and yes, in a very small number of cases it is a very real and serious condition. However it is overdiagnosed in a society that has given up on whoopin' their kids when they need to learn a lesson and where the television is the supreme babysitter. It ain't ADHD. Either you didn't teach your kid to listen, or your kid has a horrible attention span due to frequent commercial interuptions.

[louib716]

@azureking69213 i dont think you know enough about the disorder if you suggest smacking a child in the head is a legitimate cure.

[azureking69213]

@azureking69213 And now, apparantly a scam to get funding to turn Bugs Bunny cartoons into educational programming, which is a travesty against the spirit of the cartoons, as well as absolute BS. Use computers like everyone else, and try to make it semi-entertaining. Morons.