Optimizing Outcomes: Integrated Specialty Healthcare for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities - Paperback

by Mark Mintz (Author)

In Optimizing Outcomes, pediatric neurologist Dr. Mark Mintz confronts long-held assumptions about the treatment of neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders. He addresses gaps in understanding, the overuse of medication, overutilization of resources and financial waste, and more issues that continue plaguing this area of treatment, specifically regarding children. He explains how many of the behaviors and pathologies currently associated with autism impede independent adult functioning, and that, in turn, early, intensive treatment and intervention can have profound effects on the lives of children and their families. This book is a story about Mintz bridging the gaps in the currently fragmented system of care for patients with autism spectrum disorders and other neurodevelopmental disabilities while adhering to precision and evidence-based medical sciences through his groundbreaking organization, NeurAbilites. Told through the lens of Dr. Mintz's own experiences with patients, and his deep knowledge in the field, Optimizing Outcomes models a way forward.

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First, There Is Hope... A Neurologist Shows Us A Better Way To Treat Children with Autism And Other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

What if neurodiverse individuals, including those with autism, could find an integrated approach--in one place--that actually worked? What if they didn't have to embark on a costly Diagnosis Odyssey, only to end up frustrated and no closer to a solution than when they started?

Pediatric neurologist Mark Mintz, MD will show you that it doesn't have to be this way--because he has found a new path that has been transforming health care and optimizing better outcomes for his patients.

Dr. Mintz will show you the problems with the system--some of which you may know about, some of which may surprise you. Working with the vast knowledge of his team, consisting of professionals who specialize in both the medical and behavioral side of diagnosis and treatment, he will show you how they were able to create an integrated system, stop the Diagnosis Odyssey in its tracks and bring real help to children, adults, and their families.

Join Dr. Mintz on this journey through the healthcare "system" and meet the patients it has ill-served only to be rescued by him and his team of caregivers. His head and heart approach will leave parents of children with autism and other neurological conditions realizing that, no matter their previous experiences, there is still hope for an optimized outcome.