63 | Russell Barkley on the Meaning of ADHD

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4.7 • 919 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2015

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Renowned professor, educator, and author of numerous ADHD books and clinical manuals, Dr. Russell Barkley talks about the mechanics and ideas behind many core ADHD concepts. Ranging from executive functions, to neuroimaging, to public perception and more, Dr. Barkley shares knowledge from his extensive research and informed perspective on ADHD, breaking down its basic concepts in an understandable and approachable way. Go to erictivers.com/63 for the full show notes and links mentioned in this episode. Go to or call 224‒993‒9450 to let Eric know if you're interested in joining the next ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability group, which is starting in June. Visit for a link to Carolyn D'Argenio's type 1 diabetes crowd-funding campaign for her son. Connect with people virtually using Eric's favorite video conferencing and connectivity platform, Zoom, by visiting – the basic service is totally free. For a free audio-book download from our sponsor Audible.com, please visit Help the CHADD organization by donating to their fundraising campaign here: . Visit for information on improving the lives of people affected by ADHD.

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0:00.0	It tells you why people with ADHD have to focus on scaffolding you have to put outside of you the things that other people do in here.
0:09.0	The phrase I like is you have to offload your working memory onto other devices. This
0:15.2	invisible dimension of life that we call time is seriously affected by this
0:20.4	disorder and what I like about the executive functioning view of adult ADHD, which you have emphasized,
0:28.2	is that it brings with it all of these insights, not just for understanding, but for management that you wouldn't get if you kept
0:34.8	viewing ADHD as an attention disorder.
0:37.0	ADHD rewired episode number 63.
0:45.0	This is the show designed to help those of us who have really good intentions and a slightly wandering attention.
0:52.0	My name is Eric Tivers, my license. and a slightly wandering attention.
0:52.6	My name is Eric Tivers, I'm a licensed clinical social worker, coach, and consultant.
0:58.2	We know that starting can be the hardest part, so let's get started but first let me thank our sponsors
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1:47.0	Before we get into the interview I just want to let you know that I'm going to post the video from the Zoomroom on this episode's show notes.
2:00.0	Just go to ADHD rewired.com, click on podcast and find episode number 63 the outline and
2:08.1	video will be there and if you listened it to last week's, you heard that we started a crowdfunding campaign
2:16.0	to help raise money for Carolyn Dargenio's seven-year-old son who was Type 1 diabetes.
2:22.0	I shared on last week's episode that I recently had a client who had
2:26.0	died from a diabetic coma and this device that we are trying to raise money for could have
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