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Public Health On Call

801 - ADHD and Aging

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Medicine, Health & Fitness, News

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

About this episode:

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is primarily diagnosed in childhood, but a lack of understanding about this neurodevelopmental disorder means many adults have lived their entire lives with undiagnosed ADHD. As we age, a certain degree of forgetfulness or decreased ability to mentally multitask is expected but then how can you tell what's normal from what could be cognitive impairment or undiagnosed ADHD? In this episode: How ADHD diagnosis and treatment in later adulthood can change lives and potentially stave off further cognitive decline.

Guest:

Dr. David Goodman is a Johns Hopkins psychiatrist and the director of the Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Center of Maryland.

Host:

Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the largest center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,

0:05.9

where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges.

0:16.3

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0:23.2

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0:33.7

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0:40.3

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0:57.7

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1:01.8

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1:07.5

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1:16.3

This is Lindsay Smith Rogers, producer of public health on call.

1:20.3

Today, Stephanie Desmond talks to psychiatrist Dr. David Goodman,

1:23.8

director of the Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Center of Maryland,

1:29.8

about ADHD and aging.

1:36.4

As we age, a certain degree of forgetfulness or decreased ability to mentally multitask is expected, but how can you tell what's normal from what could be cognitive impairment or undiagnosed ADHD?

1:43.4

And how can ADHD diagnosis and treatment change

1:47.4

lives and potentially stave off further cognitive decline? Let's listen. David Goodman,

1:53.8

thanks so much for joining me again. Hi, Stephanie. Thanks for having me back. Today, I want to talk to you

1:59.4

about ADHD and aging. But before we launch

2:02.6

in, you and I did a podcast earlier this year about ADHD and adults in general. And if you

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