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

Hello, this is Annie Rogers with Attitude magazine. I'm here introducing a topic of pretty dire importance to many families living in quarantine today alongside ADHD and comorbid conditions, namely depression

and mood disorder.

Social distancing feels an awful lot like social isolation

for many of us.

And though our teens are connected through Xbox and Instagram,

discord, and text messages,

they are social creatures and the physical distance

from their friends is quickly becoming a serious emotional and

psychological strain. Not to mention the anxiety associated with coronavirus fears,

a lot of heightened emotions.

So if you're a teenager with ADHD has, like so many do,

a comorbid condition like depression,

then you may be worried about their exaggerated emotion,

their anxiety, their social isolation, all pushing, you know, maybe an existing mood disorder into dangerous territory.

So here to speak with us today about this topic is West Crenshaw,

PhD, he's a licensed psychologist, board certified in couples and family psychology.

He owns a private practice, family psychological services in the Greater Kansas City area and is author of the book I always want to be where I'm not

successful living with A.D. and ADHD. And this is this is our second in a series of conversations with Dr.

Crenshaw and we'll be focusing actually on the content from his forthcoming book,

which is called AED and zombies, Fearless Medication Management for AED and AEDHD, which is available for pre-order and as an

e-book if you visit Family Psychological. Psychological.com.

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