87- ADHD in Adults vs. Children: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
ADHD Experts Podcast
ADDitude
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2015
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
ADHD is a lifelong disorder, but it can look different in adults than in children. William Dodson, M.D., explains how symptoms change with age and why many adults aren't diagnosed with the condition until their kids are.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine. |
| 0:12.0 | Hi I'm Susan Kaufman and you're listening to Attitude magazine's ADHD experts. |
| 0:16.8 | What are your broadcast today? |
| 0:18.8 | And the topic is adult ADHD. |
| 0:21.2 | How's it diagnosed? Why do so many adults seem to wait until way later in life |
| 0:25.6 | to get a diagnosis? Why is it difficult to diagnose and how are symptoms different in |
| 0:30.5 | adults than in children? I am so pleased to welcome back today Dr. |
| 0:34.1 | Bill Dodson. He's a board certified adult psychiatrist specialized for almost 30 years |
| 0:38.6 | in adult attention deficit disorder. He is currently in private practice in Denver, Colorado, where he's a life fellow of the American |
| 0:46.4 | Psychiatric Association. |
| 0:48.3 | He is the author of the forthcoming book, We Are Waiting Anciously for it, What You you wish your doctor knew about ADHD. |
| 0:55.0 | For more information about Dr. Dotson please visit his website it's |
| 0:58.8 | Dodson ADHD center dot com |
| 1:02.0 | w w w w wadson ADHD center dot com Dr. Dodson, |
| 1:02.8 | Dodson ADHD Center. |
| 1:04.4 | Dr. Dawson, thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:08.2 | Thank you, Susan. |
| 1:09.9 | Adult ADHD really is fairly old. It was originally and officially acknowledged that ADHD |
| 1:16.8 | lasted into adulthood in 1980. So it's been 34 years. Unfortunately, we still don't have separate diagnostic criteria for adults with ADHD. |
| 1:30.0 | Since the latest update of the diagnostic criteria just two years ago, pretty much elected |
| 1:36.4 | doing anything with ADHD, they made a few cosmetic changes. |
| 1:41.2 | That means it's going to be another 13 years before this is corrected. |
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