How to separate adult ADHD from other causes of cognitive problems like bipolar disorder, sleep apnea, medication effects, brain injury, temperament, and malingering.

The modern DSM began as a short list of 12 well-validated diagnoses. But the list expanded as the authors changed the goals from validity to reliability. Lost in this history is a missing page that helps separate adult ADHD from its mimics.

Nine studies have tried to find out whether ADHD can start in adulthood, we dig into the data and find some answers to the controversy.

DSM-5 loosened the criteria for adult ADHD, but did it get too lose? We look at what recent prosecutions of telehealth companies mean for those trying to diagnose this disorder on the front-lines.

Selective mutism (SM) in children can create tremendous frustration, often resulting in harsh reactions from parents or teachers. This clinical update from our own Dr. Mariel Zeccola will help you differentiate SM from co-occurring anxiety and other conditions and offer a path to treatment with therapy and, when needed, medication. 

Learn how your patient’s life story can unlock psychotherapeutic avenues of treatment on our interview with Margaret Chisolm.

Learn how an understanding of patient’s temperament and the meaning of their life story can unlock psychotherapeutic avenues of treatment on our interview with Margaret Chisolm.

Margaret Chisolm shares the Perspectives model, a way of assessing patients that builds on the DSM takes the famous manual a few steps further.