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Closing the ADHD Care Gap

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Parents should ask their pediatrician whether an in-office behavioral health specialist is available. Additionally, many primary care practices affiliated with academic medical centers or childrens hospitals have integrated primary care clinics. Jones, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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MAHA Report: 3 Takeaways for the ADHD Community

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Research shows that undiagnosed and untreated individuals face a higher risk for fatal car accidents, unwanted pregnancies, serious injury and hospitalizations, job loss, academic interruptions, self-harm, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and more.

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Lessons from a Global Psychiatric Conference: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated

Mad in America

Elites of the global mental health movement such as Vikram Patel were also present and so were eminent Indian psychiatrists, especially from public sector teaching hospitals. The conference was rife with discussions on stigma of mental illness, which is apparently much worse in the Global South (I sensed a hint of racism here).