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Plain-language summaries and articles on what the research shows about ADHD. Every one is free to read, download, and share, with no sign-up.
Recent articles
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Report of a Work Group on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Key Research Directions and a Consensus Change in Terminology to Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome
A review of cognitive disengagement syndrome, formerly called sluggish cognitive tempo.
Stephen P. Becker, Russell A. Barkley, and eleven co-authors · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2022
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Improving Clinical Diagnosis Using the Executive Functioning—Self-Regulation Theory of ADHD
Russell A. Barkley · The ADHD Report · February 2022
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ADHD Adversely Impacts Health, Mortality Risk, and Estimated Life Expectancy by Adulthood
Russell A. Barkley · The ADHD Report · June 2020
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The High Economic Costs Associated with ADHD
Russell A. Barkley · The ADHD Report · May 2020
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Neuropsychological Testing is Not Useful in the Diagnosis of ADHD: Stop It (or Prove It)!
Russell A. Barkley · The ADHD Report · April 2019
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Focus on the Side Effects of Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Teens with ADHD: A Special Issue
Russell A. Barkley · The ADHD Report · February 2018
More fact sheets and resources
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Dr. Barkley’s articles for ADDitude magazine
Plain-language articles for parents and adults with ADHD.
Russell A. Barkley
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The ADHD Medication Guide
Courtesy of Andrew Adesman, MD
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Fact Sheet: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Topics
Russell A. Barkley
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The Important Role of Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation in ADHD
Russell A. Barkley
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Classroom Accommodations for Children with ADHD
Russell A. Barkley
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ADHD: Making the Invisible Visible
S. Young, M. Fitzgerald, and M. J. Postma
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What Causes ADHD?
Russell A. Barkley
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A Critical Review of the Trade Book, ADHD Nation
Alan J. Zametkin, M.D., and Mary V. Solanto, Ph.D.
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ADHD Likely Reduces Estimated Life Expectancy by Young Adulthood
Russell A. Barkley
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A Guide to ADHD for Professionals – The World Federation of ADHD (2019)
Luis Augusto Rohde, Jan K. Buitelaar, Manfred Gerlach, and Stephen V. Faraone