Name: Faith Izzard-Brookes Program & Year: Psychology, 4th year Project Type: Research Essay
Name: Faith Izzard-Brookes
Program & Year: Psychology, 4th year
Project Type: Research Essay
The Overgeneralization of ADHD: How Current Diagnostic and Treatment Methods Only Focus on Hyperactivity, Impulsivity, and Inattention
Luminate Mental Health Conference Series 
Excellent job!
It’s a very important topic that doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
The fact that you are working on this on your own is even more impressive. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Definitely! It is surprising to see that professionals can misdiagnose many with ADHD and this can have a huge impact of the individuals lives and is greatly unfair to them. This prevents them from right diagnosis and treatment which can be detrimental long term. A great research essay highlighting an important issue!
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Thank you so much, Nusrat! You’re definitely right, especially considering many with ADHD need accommodations in order to function in a neurotypical environment. I greatly appreciate your time reading my work!
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These were really interesting and thought provoking findings. There is such a big misconception that ADHD only manifests as the broad symptoms you mentioned. Particularly people often think of a hyperactive little boy as the face of ADHD when it can affect men and women well into adulthood. I appreciate this more open conversation we’re starting to see surrounding the underdiagnosis of ADHD especially in women. An aspect I hadn’t considered that you touched on was the potential misdiagnosis of ADHD. It makes me wonder how many children have been unnecessarily medicated due to this. Well done!
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Thank you, Paige! I’m glad there was information that you can take from my work! There is definitely a lot of misunderstanding around ADHD and the stigma is astonishing. My hopes are that with more research and conversations like this, we can develop a better way to treat ADHD, especially when it’s not the little boy who can’t sit still in class!
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Great to see your work here, Faith! Love the iceberg image.
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Thank you, Professor Sutherland! I greatly appreciate it!!
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