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Nancy B. Austin, Psy.D, has been a child psychologist in Westchester and Manhattan since 1988. After 6 years at the Center for Preventive Psychiatry and two years as Special Education psychologist for the Hommocks Middle School in Mamaroneck, she completed the program in psychoanalysis at the Westchester Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She is currently in full-time private practice in Mamaroneck and NYC with a specialty in working with children and adolescents diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Her teaching and supervisory positions currently include the Child and Adolescent Program of the Westchester Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and The Center for Preventive Psychiatry in White Plains. Dr. Austin’s clinical work and research into the IQ pattern of bipolar children has been cited in several books on the subject. In addition, she is moderator for the clinicians’ listserv for the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation.
To contact Dr. Austin please call: 212 749-0500

Joseph Hirsch: Research pharmacologist/neuroscientist (Ph.D.), psychologist (Psy.D.), and neuropsychologist (internship, fellowship at NYU) by training. His first basic laboratory research (1970's) was on the mechanisms of action of lithium). Practice divided among psychotherapy, neuropsychological evaluations, and forensic practice. Psychotherapy is primarily with late adolescents and adults (individual, marital/couples) with additional interests in family and groups. Eclectic psychotherapist using psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, behavioral, hypnotherapeutic, family systems, humanistic, and stress reduction modalities. Neuropsychological practice is strictly evaluative with emphasis on diagnosis and elucidation of dementia and other memory disorders, epilepsy, TBI, LD, ADHD vs bipolar, as well as differential diagnosis of psychological/personality vs neurodegenerative/ neuropathological disorders. Interested in clinical research of bipolar disorder and dementia from a neuropsychological perspective.
To contact Dr. Hirsch please call: 212-644-3111

Instructions for Activity Monitoring
If you have ordered an Actigraphy assessment, you will soon be receiving an activity monitor programmed for your child.
Please remember:
The unit has to be worn at all times, including sleep, and removed only when showering, bathing or swimming, as it is not water-proof, and can be damaged by contact with water. The unit has to be worn from sunday evening (7pm) till saturday morning, when it has to be shipped back for analysis of the data. Return the unit promptly in the box it was shipped to you as soon as the monitoring period is completed. Any delay may result in loss of data.
You should mark the time when the monitor is removed and then put back on, or time traveling on car/bus/train for more than 10 minutes. You must also press the button on the unit when getting the subject into bed for sleep.
• The belt with a pouch containing the monitor has to be worn around the waist at all times, including bedtime and sports. Some wrist-monitors are currently being tested, and they will need to be worn on the nn-dominant wrist.
• The only time when you are to remove the monitor is when in the water (swimming, showers/baths, splashing water, etc.).
• Bedtime and rising time should be always marked on the enclosed sheet.
• Use of transportation for more than 2-3 minutes should be marked (time on/off) to avoid false readings.
Upon completion of 7 days of monitoring, reflective of one week of your child’s life, promptly return the monitor to us in the same box that was used for the delivery.
Please mail to: DR. M. TEICHER, 115 MILL STREET, BELMONT MA 02478

M-MAT(TM) Tracks changes in attention that can indicate Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children

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NEW ORLEANS, May 10, 2001 /PRNewswire/ -- A new device that measures shifts in attention states may provide new insight into the nature of a child's attention problems -- as well as the effects of medications used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.

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The study used Harvard's McLean Hospital new test M-MAT(TM) to compare changes in attention states in children with and without ADHD. M-MAT (formerly Optax Systems) couples a specialized computer test with a sensitive motion-analysis camera to measure the three key symptoms of ADHD: inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.(1)

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Dear Sir/Madam:

thank you for your interest in the activity monitor (for more information, see article at the bottom of this page).

If you wish to help set-up an evaluation, please copy the following form and E-mail it to [email protected] with all the required information:

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Subject’s First and Last Name______________________
Gender_____
Date of Birth_______/______/_______
Diagnosis__________________________
Medication(s) name and dose______________________________
First and Last Name _____________________________________
of the person the monitor will be sent to.
Address__________________________________________________
where the monitor will be mailed to (no PO Box, please)
Telephone number ____________________
of the person the monitor will be sent to
Master/Visa Credit Card # and Expiration date
(or call Cindy at 1-800-695-9005 ext. 2971)
_________________________________________________________

You will be billed by Credit Card $150.00, that includes the rental of the unit and data analysis by Circesoft).
The final report will be billed separately by our office.
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When you have received the unit, please read the instructions carefully.
I will contact you as soon as the results are available, and discuss it with you.

Regards,
Gianni Faedda

Before we schedule an appointment for a consultation, we need to obtain some basic information. Please follow these three steps:

1- Complete the Registration form to receive your ID number

2- Complete the Child version or the Adult version of the Enrollment form.

3- When finished, please Contact us with your ID number