By Dr. Bob Carey Recently, I read a longitudinal study titled "Identifying Candidate Mediators Linking ADHD Symptoms and Internalising Problems in Adolescence," researchers Murray, Dryburgh, and Sonuga-Barke ( Murray AL, Dryburgh K, Sonuga-Barke EJS. Identifying Candidate Mediators Linking ADHD Symptoms and Internalising Problems in Adolescence: An Exploratory Longitudinal Mediation Analysis. J Atten Disord. 2026 Mar 6 ). This study explored the complex pathways that lead from ADHD symptoms...

by Dr. Bob Carey   There’s a moment many parents don’t talk about.  It doesn’t happen during the diagnosis. It doesn’t happen in the therapy sessions. It happens quietly, over time—when life begins to reorganize itself around one child’s needs, and everything else slowly shifts in response.  This has to do with the significant amount of stress that having a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder can have on the family system. In a recent article published in the Globe & Mail (“ Mothers of...

If you’ve ever found yourself locked in a battle of wills with your teenager, you’ll probably recognize this pattern right away. Things escalate quickly, the same arguments repeat, and before you know it, you’re reacting in ways that don’t feel like your best self. Then comes the frustration—“Why does this keep happening?”—and often, quietly underneath that, a bit of self-doubt. I was reading a recent piece in The Globe and Mail that captured this dynamic in a way that I think many parents...