260- What Is ADHD? Everything You Need to Know Before and After a Diagnosis

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Hallowell, Adhd, Mental Health, 504, Add, Iep, Deficit, Additude, Medication, Disorder, Attention, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Educating yourself and your family about ADHD is tougher than you may think. Most physicians receive little training in ADHD, and may not explain the disorder and treatments thoroughly. William Dodson, M.D., helps listeners fill in those holes.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.
0:10.0	Hey everyone, good afternoon. I'm Susan Coffin. I'm here for the first of
0:17.4	Attitude magazine's three-part ADHD Awareness Month webinar series. We're
0:21.8	really pleased to welcome Dr. William Dawson
0:24.0	with us today. He's going to be providing us with an overview of the basics. What is
0:29.1	a tentative deficit disorder? What is it not? Knowing the facts about ADHD how symptoms present in children, how
0:36.2	symptoms present in adults, what the treatment options are is really the key to
0:40.4	managing this condition and it's actually harder than you might think to educate yourself and
0:45.2	your family members about ADHD as many of you know it can be a very misunderstood condition.
0:53.2	So we're hoping with beer that this webinar will fill in those holes, get you off to a great start.
0:57.6	Understanding ADHD give you something that you can offer your relatives and friends who wanted to understand more about ADHD and we as I said
1:09.2	are super pleased and welcome back to actually William Dod, one of our all-time great most favorite
1:14.8	speakers. His screen is frozen right now but that will not affect the audio.
1:18.6	So you'll see his slides.
1:21.1	Dr. Dodson's a board certified adult psychiatrist
1:24.5	who has specialized in adults with ADHD
1:26.3	for over 25 years.
1:28.2	He's a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association,
1:31.0	which was awarded to him in recognition of his clinical
1:33.4	contributions to the field of ADHD and the recipient of the very prestigious
1:38.4	Max Welsh-Slyper Award for Distinguished Service to Persons with Disabilities.
1:42.4	He has a consultative practice in Colorado. distinguished service to persons with disabilities.
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