“15 Ways to Make ADHD Patients Feel Seen and Heard.”
The following is a personal essay, and not a medical recommendation endorsed by ADDitude. For more information about ADHD diagnosis and treatment, speak with your physician.As a family physician who specializes in ADHD, I see patients who are not just frustrated by their interactions with providers but devastated by the way they have been treated.
They have significant impairments that provider after provider has minimized, and they have a very hard time getting help.I have been treating ADHD for more than 15 years and what my new patients tell me about the struggles they’ve endured while seeking care is disheartening and depressing.
Many of us providers haven’t been taught about ADHD in adults and are afraid to diagnose or treat it. To help you, the provider, be part of the solution, instead of part of the problem, I offer the following points to help you understand ADHD and really see the patient in front of you.[Read: Is Adult ADHD Real?
Yes — and Still Heavily Stigmatized][Get This Free Download: The Clinicians’ Guide to Differential Diagnosis of ADHD]SUPPORT ADDITUDE Thank you for reading ADDitude.
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