Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hey everyone, good afternoon. I'm Susan Kaufman. I'm here for Attitude

magazine's weekly ADHD experts live webinar. Thank you for joining us so much

today with our expert Dr Mark Burton who will be talking about

what we've called ADHD plus which is comorbid conditions specifically

how to diagnose and treat comorated conditions in children with ADHD.

I'm sure that most of you who are listening in can relate to what I'm about to say and that is that it's not at all

unusual for parents of children diagnosed with attention deficit

disorder to wonder after treatment why some difficulties or symptoms persist.

We hear from many parents that attitude who once the ADHD diagnosis was made

considered that you know they knew where they were and in fact it's not the case

because both children and adults living with ADHD typically have more going on.

So Dr Burton will be talking much more about this but research suggests that as many

as two-thirds of those diagnosed with ADHD have what's called a comorbid condition.

That can be developmental disability, a learning disability, a mental health concern like

mood disorder.

And these other conditions may be just as difficult and impactful as ADHD

itself so the question then becomes for parents or for anyone living with this

how to how to evaluate and distinguish between the two disorders which can oftentimes mimic one

another and make for a confusing diagnosis. So Dr Burton today will be addressing

just that question, have the initial evaluation of ADHD should also address

comorbid conditions. He'll be talking about how learning disabilities or

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