Rethinking ADHD - Dr Russell Ramsay

This session will provide an overview of the contemporary understanding of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) that goes beyond the “A” and the “H.” Instead, ADHD is understood as a developmental syndrome of self-dysregulation or executive dysfunction. From this understanding, the session will move on to an outline of the corresponding implications for psychosocial treatment of ADHD in adults, namely using cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT). The different facets of CBT will be briefly reviewed with a proposed central therapeutic target for each. Lastly, emphasis will be given to the influential role of cognitions and beliefs in the experience of adults with ADHD and their relevance in treatment, including a proposed central cognitive theme, which was a central focus of Dr. Ramsay’s most recent book, Rethinking Adult ADHD.
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Russell Ramsay, Ph.D., ABPP is co-founder and clinical director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program and professor of clinical psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. He is also a senior staff clinician at Penn’s Center for Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Ramsay has authored numerous peer-reviewed professional and scientific articles and book chapters. He has written five books about adult ADHD, most recently Rethinking Adult ADHD. His book, The Adult ADHD Tool Kit, has been translated into French, Spanish, and is being translated into Korean. Dr. Ramsay is an inductee in the CHADD Hall of Fame. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Attention Disorders and The ADHD Report. Dr. Ramsay is board-certified in cognitive-behavioral therapy. In addition to a full clinical load, he supervises clinicians-in-training in the assessment and psychosocial treatment of adult ADHD.
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[@ralphshurlandjr5382]

I had to fight back my tears( even while writing this) because I’ve never heard anyone put into words what I’ve gone through before my whole life. I’ve known I have adhd since early on in my childhood but always(even today felt no one ever knows what I deal with mentally on a daily basis.

[@snowbird6855]

This is the first time I've ever heard anyone think ADHD can go into "remission". It seems to me those ppl are good at masking.

[@reniaesaddler8632]

Self-regulatory efficacy, yes. I would say this resonates with my experience of ADHD. It’s the emotionally and cognitively disruptive effects of obstacles, setbacks and stressors that throw me off course. Often it’s not that I don’t believe I can overcome the obstacle but that I can’t do that and the other tasks simultaneously. Even now, I’m better as self-regulating, but my endurance is still relatively low. My hope is that the longer I keep working at it and learning, improvement will continue until a balance of some sort is reached.

[@periteu]

Self-regulatory efficacy 42:05 43:27 44:17 44:48

[@evanduril]

very good video

[@A99286]

Please next episode on shyness

[@kala5810]

Learn about ADHD (and other neurodivergences) FROM those who ARE ADHDers. People are not lab rats to be studied exclusively by psychologists and psychiatrists.

[@periteu]

Does Russell Ramsay also think that the cause of ADHD is primarily genetics? I really dont think this premise is true. I do think that bullying and an upbringing of cognitive and executive precariousness can CAUSE ADHD.

[@mannagarwal5390]

Whatever the cause....ADHD is in families.

[@f.schmid468]

You are right, that genetics is just one factor. This is like the discussion on nature vs nurture debate in cultural anthropology. Both things play a role and it is hard to discipher, which is more dominant and of importance. I want to add that in my personal opinion, the question how it came to be, is of value in the later stages of the process to adapt properly to the diagnosis and to heal deeper lying psychological issues. In traumatology, first you have to build resources and then later tackle the trauma and process it. Same goes for ADHD and the question where it originated from. First get a working implemented toolbox of healthy coping skills and habit supporting tools. Then create positive momentum in your life and then with self study of psychology, methods trauma neurology etc and the help of professionals, figure out you own biography and family dynamics and how they interacted with you as a being and step by step understand the connections and "the flows" meaning which factor had which effects and which factors where receiving and vise versa. Then treat your trauma, integrate your shadow and re-gain your authentic self❤ Google: Focusing method and logosynthesis if you want to combine 2 HIGHLY effective methods of inner processes! All the best for you