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Hormonal Changes in Women with ADHD: 4 Gaping Holes in Research

ADDitude

A deep understanding of coexisting conditions across various life stages would also improve evaluation and diagnoses of disorders that often co-occur with ADHD. Read: Why Do Comorbid Conditions Uniquely Impact Women with ADHD?

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The Top 5 Mental Health Blogs You Should Be Following

Solara Mental Health

Now in her 50s, she spent her late twenties and thirties battling anorexia, major depression , and borderline personality disorder. Most recently her essay about her struggle with postpartum depression was published in Mothering Through the Darkness: Women Open Up About the Postpartum Experience.

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A Woman’s Guide to Pursuing an AuDHD Diagnosis

ADDitude

Autistic girls and women with ADHD are often diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. They also get misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder and, more commonly, with obsessive-compulsive disorder ( OCD ). Q: What are the common misdiagnoses given to girls and women with ADHD and autism?

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Teralyn Sell and Jenn Schmitz: Breaking Out of the Prison of Prescribing and Finding the Freedom of Therapy

Mad in America

Jenn hosts The Gaslit Truth podcast along with Dr. Teralyn and is a writer for the international wellness publication, Live, Love and Eat magazine. Schmitz: We were working with psychopaths and those with extreme personality disorders. We both worked with the borderline personality disorder population.

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Set, Setting, Forgetting: Silence on Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy Histories

Mad in America

Ingrasci was also editor of New Age Journal , the largest magazine of its kind, and co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility. In The History of MDMA , Passie describes Ingrasci amongst the psychedelic luminaries of the time, alongside contemporaries like Rick Doblin (founder and director of MAPS), Sasha Shulgin, and Stan Grof.

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Integrating Redemption in Psychiatry, Part 3: A Nod to the Late Brian Wilson

Psychiatric Times

After much psychiatric treatment, personal management, and a second marriage, he made a relatively successful comeback around 2005 with a tour of his previously unfinished masterpiece album titled “Smile” (I wear the t-shirt of his Milwaukee performance as I write this). Ability Magazine. References 1. Accessed June 13, 2025.