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I am very grateful for the opportunity to attend the APSARD conference, and have now become a committed APSARD member! A clear advantage of this conference over other psychiatry conferences is its focus on ADHD, although the broad scope of ideas presented from within the field of ADHD research was equally impressive. A theme underlying […]

This was my first APSARD conference and I was not sure what to expect. I knew APSARD as a psychiatry conference and assumed many presentations would focus on medication management of ADHD symptoms. Although some symposia addressed medication issues, symposia topics covered the waterfront, from etiological models involving genetics and neuroscience to clinically-oriented sessions about […]

                Blog by Jodi Sleeper-Triplett, Elizabeth Ahmann, and Lisa Joy Tuttle Professionals devoted to improving the lives of folks with ADHD know how our clients and patients struggle to carry out their desired objectives. Inconsistent attention and motivation and persistent challenges with organization and implementation perpetually frustrate their […]

Come and view this poster at the APSARD Annual Meeting this January 12 – 14, 2018 at the Marriott Wardman Park. Burton, C., Schachar, R., Zarrei, M., Engchuan, W., Merico, D., MacDonald, J., Xiao, B., Paterson, A., Strung, L., Marshall, C., Crosbie, J., Arnold, P., Scherer, S. Copy number variants (CNVs) are potentially pathogenic duplications […]

As a psychologist who has spent the past several decades thinking and writing about ADHD in its various manifestations, I have always tried to focus on segments of the ADHD population that have been under-served – adults when most thought ADHD was a disorder of childhood; girls and women when most thought it was a […]

Before you know it, we will be in Washington, D.C. at the 2018 APSARD conference. In anticipation of this event, I’d like to remind everyone of an under-utilized benefit of your membership: the members’ forum on the website. This feature allows for discussions of a range of topics relevant to our shared interests in various […]