508- Combination Therapy: Medication Strategies for Hard-to-Treat Complex ADHD
ADHD Experts Podcast
ADDitude
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Timothy Wilens, M.D., discusses new medications approved for ADHD and strategies to manage hard-to-treat and complex ADHD (attention deficit disorder plus at least one comorbid condition), including the use of a stimulant and nonstimulant medication.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello everyone I'm Carol Fleck and on behalf of the Attitude team and |
| 0:19.6 | please to welcome you to today's ADHD expert's presentation titled |
| 0:24.9 | Combination Therapy, Medication Strategies |
| 0:28.7 | for Hard to Treat Complex ADHD. Leaving today's presentation is Dr. Timothy Willens. |
| 0:36.0 | Dr. Willens is Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| 0:41.0 | and co-director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. |
| 0:47.4 | He's also a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. |
| 0:52.0 | Dr. Willens specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD, |
| 0:57.0 | substance use disorders, and bipolar disorder. In today's webinar, we'll discuss complex ADHD. |
| 1:05.0 | That's when a person with ADHD has one or more co-existing conditions. |
| 1:10.0 | And we'll learn about the medications used to treat these diagnoses. |
| 1:15.0 | As many of you know, ADHD rarely travels alone. |
| 1:20.0 | Depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and autism are often comorbid with ADHD. |
| 1:27.3 | In today's webinar, Dr. Willans will explain the common conditions and symptoms that |
| 1:32.4 | can accompany ADHD and he'll tell us about medication |
| 1:36.2 | strategies to guide patients and their providers. |
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