Women and ADHD: Diagnosis & Management – Episode 5 ‘ADHD, A Young Person’s Guide’
Duration: 25 mins
Publication Date: 13 Oct 2022
Next Review Date: 13 Oct 2025
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.21226
Description
Hosted by Dr. Blandine French, this podcast series focuses on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and is designed to help young people and their families. This episode is the second of a two-part special on Women and ADHD, and Blandine is joined by Dr. Jo Steer, a clinical psychologist, and Emily, Anita, and Firdawsi – three young women with lived experience of ADHD.
Learning Objectives
1. Emily, Anita, and Firdawsi discuss their ADHD journey, sharing how ADHD has impacted their life. 4
2. Jo and Blandine discuss what the other common co-occurring conditions are that women with ADHD struggle with and comment on the risk of untreated ADHD.
3. Emily, Anita, and Firdawsi share thoughts on how ADHD affects them, further insights into ADHD lived experience, including problems with sleep, and experience of being diagnosed. 4. Jo then explores how societal expectations of gender play a role in the misdiagnosis of women and girls before sharing her key message that women need to know about the effects of ADHD on them.
