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Taking Charge of ADHD by renowned ADHD expert Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., is our Number One pick for anyone raising a child with attention deficit. In it, Barkley discusses the causes of ADHD, medication options, advice for parents with the condition, sibling issues, and how to work with schools and healthcare providers to find needed support.

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Q: “Why Is My Child So Indecisive?”

Q: “Why is my daughter with ADHD so indecisive? She gets overwhelmed with decision fatigue and shuts down. Can you shed some light? What can I do to help?” — TiredinTennesseeHi TiredinTennessee:Your daughter’s ADHD may be significantly impacting her decision-making skills in several ways.First, ADHD often makes it challenging to filter and organize information effectively.

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Our Matured Understanding of ADHD and Romantic Relationships

In 1998, when ADDitude was founded, information about ADHD was limited, often inaccurate, and almost never about adults. Professional education and training for ADHD was extremely hard to find, as few specialized in the area.Adult ADHD was brought out of the shadows by Ned Hallowell, M.D., and John Ratey, M.D., with their groundbreaking book, Driven to Distraction.

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25 Essential Articles for Adults with ADHD

By Ellen Littman, Ph.D.“Generally, non-ADHD brains can self-regulate with relative confidence, and exercise an adequate amount of control over their behavior. ADHD brains do not adapt as easily; they have their own rules of engagement. They are motivated by their search for optimal stimulation, rather than by what others label as important.

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Top 25 Downloads from ADDitude’s First 25 Years

Many challenges brought on by ADHD are “invisible” or easily blamed on laziness. Though teachers may recognize that students with ADHD forget to write down assignments, lose completed homework, and need fidgets to improve focus, many educators are frustrated and confounded by not-so-obvious ADHD behaviors when they inevitably pop up.

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25th Anniversary Contest: Win an ADDitude Magazine Subscription!

As ADDitude celebrates 25 years of ADHD advocacy and information, our editorial team is reflecting on the most pivotal research, personal stories, books, webinars, and pieces of expert advice published in the pages of ADDitude magazine and on ADDitudeMag.com. See our editors’ highlights on the 25th Anniversary Page, and enter to win a year of ADDitude magazine below.To win a one-year subscription to ADDitude magazine (a $19.95 value each), use the Comments section below to tell us: If it disappeared tomorrow, what would you miss most about your ADHD or your child’s ADHD?Sunday, November 19, 2023, at 11:59 pm EST.One entry per household.

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ADDitude’s Top 25 Reads for Professionals

by David W. Goodman, M.D., LFAPA“ADHD is widely studied and recognized — except when it occurs in older adults.

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“Who Influenced You?” ADHD Pioneers Trace Their Greatest Inspirations

I was influenced to study ADHD while an undergraduate student in psychology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill by my mentor, Donald Routh, Ph.D., who was studying hyperactive children. I was fascinated by the research and especially by these dysregulated children.

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First-Ever Adult ADHD Guidelines Forthcoming

ADHD diagnoses among adults are growing faster than ever in the U.S. despite the absence of formal clinical guidelines for the accurate evaluation and treatment of the condition after childhood.

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Why Are We (Still) Failing Students with ADHD?

We’ve come a long way in our understanding and treatment of ADHD. Decades of well-executed studies have yielded a vast collection of articles that resulted in greater understanding of the developmental course of ADHD and the contemporary perception of ADHD as a lifespan condition.Today, we understand the importance of studying the functional impact of ADHD, including the impediments it may represent, the strengths inherent in an ADHD profile, and the impact of the condition on daily living, social interactions, and academic or professional performance. Yet I am convinced that many of the gains made over the past 25 year have not found their way into the classroom.I am a clinician, teacher, consultant to schools, and writer.

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3 Areas of Research Advancing Our Understanding of ADHD

Forty-two years ago, when I started treating what we now call ADHD, I’d heard different versions of these words: “Sorry, Doc, but I just don’t believe in this ADD stuff. It’s a phony disorder created by the drug companies so they can sell more drugs.” “My son doesn’t have ADD or XYZ. He needs what boys have always needed: structure, authority, and discipline.

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25 Must-Read Parenting Articles from ADDitude

By Jerome Schultz, Ph.D.Traditional carrots and sticks don’t motivate students with ADHD. Here, Jerome Schultz, Ph.D., reveals why.

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How the DSM-5 Fails People with ADHD — and a Better Way to Diagnose

October 3, 2023Approximately 25 years ago, when ADDitude published its first newsletter, the diagnosis of ADHD was based on criteria published in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Version III-C. The DSM-IV diagnostic criteria adopted two years later were the most scientifically validated to date.Its 18 symptoms were evenly divided into two lists: problems with inattention vs. problems with hyperactivity-impulsivity.

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The Fate of Females with ADHD Is Improving Too Slowly

ADHD has historically been viewed as a predominantly male disorder, and that bias continues to this day. The underdiagnosis of ADHD in adult women, and the lack of awareness that they may need different treatment approaches, is an ongoing medical equity issue with serious consequences.

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The 25 Most Influential Reads from ADDitude’s First 25 Years

by William Dodson, M.D., LF-APA“Most people, clinicians included, have only a vague understanding of what ADHD means. They assume it equates to hyperactivity and poor focus, mostly in children. But when we step back and ask, What does everyone with ADHD have in common, that people without ADHD don’t experience? a different set of symptoms take shape.

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ADHD Awareness Month 2023: Contrasting ADHD Then Vs. Now

September 28, 2023Then: ADHD is a behavioral disorder.Now: “ADHD is a cognitive disorder, a developmental impairment of executive functions.” — Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.Then: ADHD is hyperactivity and impulsivity.Now: ADHD is emotional dysregulation and executive dysfunction. — Russell Barkley, Ph.D.Then: ADHD is deficient attention.Now: “The hallmark of the ADHD nervous system is not attention deficit, but inconsistent attention.” — William Dodson, M.D.Then: Adult women can’t have ADHD.Now: ADHD is a highly impairing and potentially dangerous condition for girls and women.

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25 Blog Posts That Transformed Our Understanding of ADHD

By Mary WhiteIn ADDitude’s most popular blog post of all time, a mother introduces us to “that kid” — the intense child with special needs who has trouble making friends, and about whom teachers and other parents issue stern warnings. Everyone knows “that kid” — and this blogger happens to be the mother of not one, but two of them.“I see it all — like the exhausted look on the teacher’s face as she leads my child to me with the mile-long list of rules violations,” she writes.

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The Future of ADHD Research Looks Like This

A substantial body of research over the years has found that ADHD is characterized by high heritability and involves many different genes, has replicable findings in neuroimaging studies, has effective treatments (both non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic), and is associated with adverse long-term outcomes. Yet many questions remain unanswered.While no one can predict the scientific discoveries that lie ahead, three research areas are especially promising for improving our understanding of ADHD: neuroimaging, genetic research, and non-pharmacologic interventions, like transcranial magnetic stimulation and attention training.Advances in brain-imaging techniques may lead to a better understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying ADHD.

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ADHD Is a Whole-Life Experience. The DSM Needs to Reflect That.

The days of the Diagnostical and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) are probably numbered.For one, the rest of the world already defines the criteria for conditions using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CM), which became the official health classification of the U.S. government in 2014.

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The Controversy That Was Adult ADHD

Not so long ago, adult ADHD did not exist. ADD, as we called it then, was thought of as a childhood disorder that one would outgrow. Those of us who thought differently were professionally chastised.Back in the 1990s, I co-wrote one of the first three books laying out the proposition that adults could and do have ADD.

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