I mean, he's a legitimate family physician, so I'd be hesitant to denounce his basic medical knowledge...however, he's clearly no competent psychiatrist and seems to have taken Mehmet Oz route of choosing grift over legitimate practice.
I do not disagree with you--he's not someone we should take seriously...but he is a knowledgeable unserious person, which is why it's so frightening to witness him become the next viral thing.
I mean, maybe, but an unknowledgeable idiot does not pass multiple STEP exams as well as the MCAT and CASPer. It takes at least a level of competency to complete medical school--even if one does not internalize the scientific spirit or simply chooses to ignore the science, one must still have learned it well enough to get through a rigorous learning process. The man knows what conventional medical science teaches, he just chooses to ignore it.
I didn't say he was a competent researcher. I agree, in principle, that people can learn facts and not learn science (hence why I said he is either ignoring science or didn't internalize the scientific mindset). I said he is knowledgeable and a credential physician, which means he knows certain medical facts, especially within his specialty...and I'm leaning on the fact that he has credentials and knowledge to express why that makes him even worse than someone who doesn't have his background--because it gives him the facade of reliability and because he should know better than to opine on topics outside of his realm of practice (that's why he's "worse than wrong"). I didn't want to argue about his credentials, anyway...we agree that he's not someone whom mental health professionals should be taking seriously, but it's extremely clear why laypeople without mental health expertise would take his advice. I just wanted to post a cool video in which a real scientist takes a popular but shoddy scientist to the cleaners because we as a field do not do nearly enough of this kind of thing--we are scarily content to allow misinformation to proliferate on the internet or otherwise convince ourselves that "other people are handling it."
His claims are indeed bonkers upon bonkers. He also posits that SUDs are universally traumatogenic.
I didn’t have any prior exposure to him but I like what I’ve seen so far. I liked his video urging people to chill out on hyping psychedelic therapy.
Wait! If this is the first time you've ever heard of Barkley, you MUST drop what you are doing and read one of the highest cited and most impactful papers in the field of psychology. According to google, it's been cited nearly 12000 times with only about half of those being Barkley citing himself 😛.
Thanks for the info! I am not really in the ADHD sphere so I’m admittedly not super familiar with the major players.
That paper (and others of his) is required reading in my opinion. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve had to educate patients, family members and other professionals on that issue, I could take a very nice, long vacation.
Sorry—completely irrelevant, but your user flair credentials intrigued me. I was wondering if you’d mind sharing details about how you ended up as both a psychologist and a PMHNP. Just curious.
I’ve posted on this before. Reader’s Digest version: I was a clinical psychologist first and decided to become a PMHNP because of the shortage of psych prescribers, especially child psych prescribers.
No, thanks for answering! I was genuinely just curious.
I wouldn't. I don't think many (any?) of us receive all that much training in the theory behind ADHD beyond basic sciences in med school and that isn't much.
Don’t doubt it. But how many laypeople know enough to feel the same way as you?
I think the original MTA study is also required reading the ADHD sphere. This is how I over simplify it for families:
He has some videos where he goes over the findings. Very useful for class presentations and consumers.
Can you post a link or citation to this paper?
I thought you were speaking as yourself in the post I quoted.
I was just saying his credentials are legit enough to make it clear why laypeople end up falling for these guru types.
I always get what collateral is possible to obtain. That’s relatively easy to do in kids/adolescents, more difficult with some adults.
Interesting. I don’t know if I agree with you about passing embedded pvts on cpts, but interesting none the less.
This is consistent with both my process and my observations from when I was doing ADHD and LD assessments in pp.
Occasionally, not typically. When I do, I’ve done them randomly and when I suspect something nefarious. I’ve found regular, frequent follow-up to be quite effective in medication adherence and diverting misuse and drug-seeking behavior.
I was more leaning towards stoners who mysteriously have difficulties with attention.
The true stoners don’t want a stimulant ruining their bake, lol. If they complain of attentional issues, I tell them we can talk about that after a month or two T break.
