Apr 3, 2023
THIS EPISODE OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER focuses on ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in older adults.
Today’s Featured Expert is Kathleen Nadeau, PhD.
We discuss how unrecognized ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) may impact healthy aging and perhaps be confused with dementia in an older person; and whether there are alternative strategies to medication
Speaker
Bio
Dr. Kathleen Nadeau is an
internationally recognized authority on ADHD across the lifespan
and is the author of 15 books related to ADHD. Her most recent
book, Still Distracted After All These Years, is the very first
book ever written for, and about older adults with ADHD. She is the
founder and clinical director of the largest private ADHD specialty
clinic in the US, The Chesapeake Center for ADHD in Bethesda, MD.
She is known for her supportive, encouraging and practical approach
to helping people with ADHD at every age.
Episode Timeline
0:11 Introduction to this
episode
3:11 What led
Dr.Nadeau into this field of mental health?
7:12 Stereotypes
about ADHD in adults.
10:29 ADHD or dysregulated attentional system.
15:12 What is ADHD and what does it mean?
19:21 Why ADHD is important for healthy aging?
22:51 What is the cost of undiagnosed ADHD?
26:54 The medicalization of ADHD
35:39 Are there clusters of disorders that contribute to ADHD?
Learn more about Dr. Nadeau’s work
at these links
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087748066711
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stilldistracted/
Website - http://www.still-distracted.com/
Bit.ly link - bit.ly/still-distracted
Links to: https://chesapeakeadd.com/whats-new/
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