Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds

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Name: Stephen Hinshaw, PhD

Title: Professor and Chair

Institution: Department of Psychology, UC Berkeley

Presentation: ADHD: Current research on policy, mechanisms, sex differences, and treatment

Learning Objectives:

1. At the end of the presentation, learners will be aware of the current prevalence rates for ADHD and its treatments--and the vast regional differences across the US in such rates 
2. Learners will understand the key models for understanding ADHD's underlying mechanisms: attention, response inhibition, executive functions, motivational 
3. Learners will understand sex differences in the presentation of ADHD--and its long-term outcomes 
4. Learners will understand the strengths and limitations of medication and behavioral interventions for ADHD