In this episode of the DPSS podcast, Aimee Parsons and Trevor Friesen talk about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as ADHD.
They answer questions like:
- What is ADHD?
- What does it look like?
- What can I do to support myself or someone else with ADHD?
References
Archer. D. (2014, May 14). ADHD: The Entrepreneur’s Superpower. Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dalearcher/2014/05/14/adhd-the-entrepreneurs-superpower/#32bc4f6859e9
Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada. (n.d.). Understanding ADHD.
https://caddac.ca/adhd/understanding-adhd/in-general/
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, September 21). Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/index.html
Sibley, M. H., Kuriyan, A. B., Evans, S. W., Waxmonsky, J. G., & Smith, B. H. (2014). Pharmacological and psychosocial treatments for adolescents with ADHD: An updated systematic review of the literature. Clinical psychology review, 34(3),218-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2014.02.001
Spalletta, G., Pasini, A., Pau, F. et al. Prefrontal blood flow dysregulation in drug naive ADHD children without structural abnormalities. J Neural Transm 108, 1203–1216 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007020170010
Zang Y. (2019). Impact of physical exercise on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders: Evidence through a meta-analysis. Medicine, 98(46), e17980. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000017980
The Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance – CADDRA
Chandler DJ, Waterhouse BD, Gao WJ (May 2014). “New perspectives on catecholaminergic regulation of executive circuits: evidence for independent modulation of prefrontal functions by midbrain dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons”. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 8: 53. doi:10.3389/fncir.2014.00053. PMC 4033238. PMID 24904299.
Malenka RC, Nestler EJ, Hyman SE (2009). “Chapters 10 and 13”. In Sydor A, Brown RY (eds.). Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. pp. 266, 315, 318–323. ISBN 978-0-07-148127-4. Early results with structural MRI show thinning of the cerebral cortex in ADHD subjects compared with age-matched controls in prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex, areas involved in working memory and attention.
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