Families
Helpful Information for DMDD Families
First Steps for Parents
A Guide for Parents and Caregivers with DMDD children.
The Taxi Model
The Taxi Model is a way to simplify complex brain functions by relating them to well-known mechanisms in a common taxicab.
The Brain Model
Bottom-up Brain Issues: Too much emotion. The temporal-limbic system is the primary source of emotions; abnormal activity in this brain region may cause explosive outbursts.
Titration Guidelines
These are some suggested guidelines to discuss with your doctor that in our experience, increase the likelihood of a successful and smoother titration process when treating DMDD.
Guide to Organic Syndromes
A brief discussion of the frontal lobe, temporal lobe, right hemisphere, and left hemisphere syndromes.
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
Developing Treatment Strategies
Maintenance Tips and Tricks
From our experience as parents, tweaking medications is what makes brain-based treatment a success.
These guidelines are what we’ve collectively learned either from our doctor or from our own research and observation.
Labs & Metabolism
Children are not small adults. They often respond to drugs and other therapeutics differently than adults do.
Antipsychotic Use & Tic Development
Often the choice to use antipsychotic medication is driven by the parents’ primary concerns: Is it anxiety, or is it rage?