Kathleen Nadeau will discuss issues addressed in her upcoming book “Still Distracted After All These Years” including problem in diagnosing older adults, issues surrounding stimulant medication for older adults, top ADHD issues faced by older adults, and how older adults can both find support and help themselves to lead more satisfying lives.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will be able to explain diagnostic issues for older adults and how ADHD issues can be distinguished from age-related cognitive decline.
- Attendees will be able to discuss issues related to health risks associated with stimulant medication for older adults.
- Attendees will be able to list a number of ways that older adults can help themselves lead more satisfying and functional lives.
Who: Kathleen G Nadeau, Ph.D.
Biography
Dr. Kathleen Nadeau is the founder and clinical director of one of the largest private ADHD specialty clinics in the United States, The Chesapeake Center for ADHD, Learning and Behavioral Health. She has long been considered a thought leader in the field, first turning her focus on adult ADHD when it was still considered a disorder of childhood, then turning her attention to the need for girls and women to be better understood, diagnosed and treated, and now addressing the largely ignored needs of older adults with ADHD. She is the author of 14 books related to ADHD. Her latest book, to be published in the fall of 2022, is titled “Still Distracted After All These Years,” A book for diagnosed and undiagnosed older adults with ADHD.
