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| Social and physiological differences between males and females with AD/HD are only recently beginning to be recognized. It is, however, imperative that these differences be taken into account when developing appropriate treatment programs for girls and women. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gender Bias and the history of AD/HD Special diagnostic issues for women and girls
with AD/HD, Helping girls with AD/HD from preschool through
high school Women, hormones, and AD/HD Medical treatment of AD/HD in women and girls. Psychotherapy, coaching and life supports designed specifically for women and girls with AD/HD |
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| Dr. Patricia Quinn is a developmental pediatrician in the Washington, D.C. area. A graduate of Georgetown University Medical School, she specializes in child development psychopharmacology. Dr. Quinn has worked for over 28 years in the areas of AD/HD and learning disabilities. She gives workshops nationwide and had published widely in these fields. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Quinn is the author of several books on AD/HD. These include the best selling book, Putting on the Brakes: A Young People's Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for children in the 8 to 12 year old group and the companion workbook The "Putting on the Brakes" Activity Book for Young People with AD/HD. She is also co-editor of ADDvance: A Magazine for Women with AD/HD. Dr. Quinns latest workshop topic has grown out of her most recent book, Understanding Girls with AD/HD, which she has co-authored with Dr. Kathleen Nadeau and Dr. Ellen Littman. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D. is a nationally recognized authority on Attention Disorders, and serves on the national professional advisory boards of CHADD and ADDA. She is a frequent lecturer on AD/HD, both nationally and internationally, and has written numerous books on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, including Understanding Girls with AD/HD. Currently,she is working on a book to be entitled Understanding Women with AD/HD, due out in 2001. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In recent years, much of her work has focused on gender issues in AD/HD. She is the co-editor of Addvance: A Magazine for Women with AD/HD and is the director of Chesapeake Psychological Services of Maryland in Silver Spring, Maryland. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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