Josh Levin, MD, CM, Dip. ABLM. @drjoshlevin

"Reliable diagnosis is complex and requires documentation of childhood symptoms. ADHD rating scales cannot substitute for detailed clinical assessment." 👉🏽ti.ubc.ca/letter144

Lauren Pelley @LaurenPelley

2 years ago

"Reliable diagnosis is complex and requires documentation of childhood symptoms. ADHD rating scales cannot substitute for detailed clinical assessment." 👉🏽ti.ubc.ca/letter144

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🚨 Have you registered for our #BestEvidence for #Clinicians annual course? ⌛️ ✅highly interactive 👥 ✅engaging expert speakers 🧑🏽‍💻 ✅common + new 💊 tx issues ✅independent + evidence-based 💯 ✅broad, practical scope 🩺 👉🏽ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence23 #CME #MedEd #DrugEvidence23

🧵How should we diagnose & manage adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? 1/ Our UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 144 examines the evidence for pharmacotherapy and non-drug treatments for adult #ADHD 👉🏽ti.ubc.ca/letter144 #MedEd #MedTwitter #diagnosis #prescribing

More adults are taking medication for #ADHD. Physicians say trend is a double-edged sword. Patients say ADHD medications can be life-changing, while others warn of health risks, dependence, by @LaurenPelley cbc.ca/news/health/mo… via @CBCNews

"whatever you desire of the world will not come to pass exactly as you will like it, but ...whatever the world desires of you will also not come to pass, and what actually occurs is this meeting, this frontier." - David Whyte

Is it better to keep up the bridge with regular maintenance, or wait until it collapses before doing something about it? #PrimaryCare #FamilyMed newyorker.com/magazine/2017/… via @NewYorker

Is it time to re-think our Cartesian, reductionistic approach to mental health? theguardian.com/society/2022/j…

The serotonin theory of depression: 'a multibillion dollar error' psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-e…

Although it is apparently not news to most academics/psychiatrists it is news to the public because our paper is now the top trending story on many newspapers. Perhaps someone forgot to inform the public? @HengartnerMP @joannamoncrieff go.nature.com/3B3fE6N

Only 5 days left to support me in raising money for @KidSportVic ! This Saturday I will do 1000 burpees and you can donate here burpeesforcharity.ca

Is climbing stairs a good workout? See what Dr. Weil says about the benefits your body, weight, metabolism and stamina can experience when you add stairs to your fitness routine. Learn more: drweil.com/blog/health-ti…

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Thank you @CHEK_News for having me on to talk about the new Therapeutics Initiative @Drug_Evidence letter "Physical activity is medicine: Prescribe it". cheknews.ca/a-doctors-note…

A doctor's note for physical activity? One Victoria doctor wants more to prescribe it cheknews.ca/a-doctors-note…

Is #walking a safe + effective intervention to improve #BloodPressure?🚶🏾🚶🏾‍♂️🚶🏾‍♀️❤️ Our @CochraneLibrary #SystematicReview looks at evidence from 73 trials involving 5763 participants from 22 countries🌍 ow.ly/yZt750FwWsA #hypertension #exercise #PhysicalActivity

5/6 In #PrimaryCare, recommending #exercise is good. Writing an ExRx to increase physical activity is BETTER. An #ExRx includes: ✅Type of activity 🧘🏽‍♀️🚶🏽🏊🏽 ✅Intensity of activity ✅Dose: how much/session ✅Frequency (daily, 3x per week..) ✅Duration, repeats, when to review?

THREAD: #Exercise is medicine. Prescribe it🚶🧘🏽 1/6 Do exercise prescriptions (#ExRx) help? 4 of 5 systematic reviews found a positive effect of an #ExRx (or equivalent) on physical activity levels. Less is known about impacts on patient-important outcomes #PhysicalActivity

The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn - July 13, 2022: UBC’s Therapeutic Initiative (@Drug_Evidence) recommending doctors write exercise prescriptions for their patients cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

I will be doing 1000 burpees on July 23rd to raise money for @KidSportVic Help us remove financial barriers that prevent children from playing organized sport! Donate here burpeesforcharity.ca

How can we identify and resolve problematic #prescribingCascades? 🤔💊 Find out at this week's UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar ⚡️Speaker: Dr. Aaron Tejani @amtejani ⚡️Register: bit.ly/3u2M9Oh #MedEd #prescribing #FOAMed #deprescribing MainPro+ #CME