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Lenard Adler, MD, David Goodman, MD, Co-Chairs, APSARD Education Committee;
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Anthony L. Rostain, MD MA

Dr. Rostain is Director of Education, Department of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Pediatrics at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is immediate past President of APSARD, the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders, and is on the Advisory Board of ADHD in Adults.com.

Stimulant Medication and Psychotic Symptoms in Offspring of Parents With Mental Illness

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Pediatrics 2016; 137(1);e20152486 “Stimulant Medication and Psychotic Symptoms in Offspring of Parents With Mental Illness” MacKenzie, L.E., Abidi, S., Fisher, H.L. et al. Treatment of ADHD with stimulant medications carries many known risks including the development of psychotic symptoms which is considered to be a rare adverse event. It is reported that between 0.25% – …

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ADHD Parenting among ADHD Adults

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Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2014. DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2014.963858 “The Role of Parental ADHD in Sustaining the Effects of a Family-School Intervention for ADHD” Dawson, A.E., Wymbs, B.T., Marshall, S.A., Mautone, J.A., Power, T.J. This paper reports on the extent to which parental ADHD impacts child and parent functional outcomes of a multimodal family-school …

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Locomotor Activity and Diagnosing ADHD

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This article reviews existing evidence for the use of locomotor activity measures in diagnosing ADHD. The authors conducted a meta-analysis of published studies using motion measures to compare patients with ADHD with controls and then conducted a case control study using the McLean motion activity test (MMAT) on a sample of child, adolescent and adult …

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Parental ADHD and FSS (Family School Success)

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Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2014. DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2014.963858 “The Role of Parental ADHD in Sustaining the Effects of a Family-School Intervention for ADHD” Dawson, A.E., Wymbs, B.T., Marshall, S.A., Mautone, J.A., Power, T.J. This paper reports on the extent to which parental ADHD impacts child and parent functional outcomes of a multimodal family-school …

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Symptom Manifestations and Impairments in College Students with ADHD

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Gray SA, Fettes P, Woltering S, Mawjee K, Tannock R (2015). “Symptom manifestation and impairments in college students with ADHD.” Journal of Learning Disabilities.  2015 Mar 16. pii: 0022219415576523.   This article reviews what is currently known about the cognitive and academic impairments faced by post-secondary students with ADHD and then reports on a prospective …

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