Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine.

On behalf of the Attitude Team, I'd like to thank you for joining today's ADHD experts

presentation titled Borderline Personality Disorder and its Connection to ADHD.

Today's presentation is Dr. Roberto Oliveira. Dr. Oliveira is a clinical psychologist

and clinical instructor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. He maintains a private psychotherapy

practice in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he specializes in the treatment of ADHD,

executive functioning issues, and issues that face students with learning differences.

He also specializes in the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder, obsessive-compulsive

disorder, and in the treatment of eating disorders in boys and men. He is the co-author of the

Adonis Complex, which details the various manifestations of body image problems in men.

So for today's discussion, how are ADHD and borderline personality disorder connected?

They share overlapping symptoms, not the least of which is emotional dysregulation.

And studies show that up to 40% of people with borderline personality disorder may also have ADHD.

This overlap can lead to misdiagnosis and ineffective treatment plans.

In today's webinar, Dr. Oliveira will identify BPD symptoms and explain how to distinguish

them from ADHD. We'll also review co-morbidity statistics, risk factors, and treatment recommendations.

So we would like to begin today's webinar by asking a quick poll question of our live audience.

Which of the following treatment options have you, as a patient or clinician, tried to treat ADHD

and or BPD? Please select your answers and comment in the text box under the video player,

to tell us a little bit more. And you'll see the poll results when you submit your response will

also review them during the Q&A session at the end today. So while you're doing that,

I will just point out a few things. Live participants, you can submit questions anytime

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