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An Interview with Gregory W. Mattingly, MD, President Elect in the Psychiatric Times
We, at APSARD, are eagerly anticipating the kick-off of our 2024 conference in Orlando, Florida, on January 18th! This year's conference promises to be even more exciting and informative than ever before, with a focus on ADHD across special populations, groundbreaking...
Providing Professional Support: Experience vs Knowledge
APSARD welcomes blogs expressing the opinions of its members. The following blog is an opinion piece from APSARD member, Cindy Goldrich, Ed. M., ADHD-CCSP. I recently wrote a blog entitled In Search Of – Mental Health Professionals Who Understand ADHD. I wrote this...
Celebrating Black History Month
Black History Month is celebrated throughout the United States, the UK, Canada, and Ireland, as a time to recognize the rich cultural heritage and achievements of the Black community (https://youtu.be/1JQ66r1KXxA). This year’s theme of Black Health and Wellness asks...
College Students & ADHD Special Interest Group (SIG)
Author: Kevin Antshel, PhD College students with ADHD are a unique group and, in several ways, likely differ from their same-age peers with ADHD who do not matriculate in college. For example, college students with ADHD tend to have strong cognitive abilities 1 and...
Other Myths about ADHD
Author: Stephen Faraone, Ph.D. Myth: ADHD is an American disorder. Those who claim ADHD is an American disorder believe that ADHD is due to the pressures of living in a fast paced, competitive American society. Some argue that if we lived in a simpler world, ADHD...
Are Nonpharmacologic Treatments for ADHD Useful?
Author: Stephen Faraone, Ph.D. There are several very effective drugs for ADHD and that treatment guidelines from professional organization view this drugs as the first line of treatment for people with ADHD. The only exception is for preschool children where...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for ADHD: What is it? Does it work?
Author: Stephen Faraone, Ph.D. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a one to one therapy, for adolescents or adults, where a therapist teaches an ADHD patient how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all interrelated and how each of these elements affects the...
Myths about the Treatment of ADHD
Author: Stephen Faraone, Ph.D. Myth: ADHD medications “anesthetize” ADHD children. The idea here is that the drug treatment of ADHD is no more than a chemical straightjacket intended to control a child’s behavior to be less bothersome to parents and teachers. ...
Psychotherapy for ADHD
Author: Stephen Faraone, Ph.D. Psychotherapy and ADHD: How a Harvard Professor Help his Patients Professor Larry Seidman is world renowned for his neuropsychology and neuroimaging research. In addition to all of his creative science, he has found the time to create...