ADHD and Executive Function

Dr. Russell Barkley, a professor of psychiatry at the University of South Carolina, is a leading expert on ADHD. Here he discusses the five cognitive abilities that appear to be impaired in children with ADHD. For more from the Child Mind Institute visit http://www.childmind.org/.

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[samann95014]

good video on executive function. thanks!

[eL3ctr1c4L]

So...I'm doomed then, I'll be a slave in my own body :(

[sblabarge]

@eL3ctr1c4L --one would, regardless if one could not get therapy or medication, reparent themselves. use gratification techniques, rewards, punishments. treat one's self like a puppy. put posters of goals and tasks on the wall. use an agenda and a cell phone with multiple alarms. have other people aid you if they will. if you keep a job well, pay people to take on aspects of responsibility. create routines. this is your life. there are no rules for how you get some of these functions going.

[Thundermonk99]

@tomhuynh77 if your issue is with stimulant medication specifically, then there are natural supplements that apparently work decently well. I haven't researched them myself, but it may be worth your while. Presumably they affect the brain in similar fashions to medications though, so you will have to consider what it is you are truly opposed to. Otherwise, there are cognitive and behavioural therapies that may help, but you would have to look into that yourself.

[Zeverouis]

@eL3ctr1c4L

Not really.. I got ADHD too but I can still think logically. Yes you can't control some impulses and all of that shit but.. If you're raised a certain way you can still just function like anyone else really. You just need to try a lot harder to do so then people without ADHD have to

[bungo0]

@tomhuynh77 Sounds to me like he's saying that the executive functions are impaired in people with ADHD, and that those functions are required for optimal functioning as an adult. I don't think he's saying that a parent's actions will have any impact at all on a child's development of those functions (at least not in this video).

I'm an adult with ADHD and I've tried with and without stimulants.

With them, I have choices about my actions. Even then, it takes practice.

Without, I'm a passenger.

[tomhuynh77]

sounds like this doctor is trying to convince parents that if they don't take their children's ADHD seriously, then they will not have these executive functions. what can i do about it if i am an adult with adhd and don't believe in stimulants.

[rodrigolfcastro]

@tali2182 GENTE, NÃO É POSSÍVEL QUE NINGUÉM VAI TRADUZIR PARA O PORTUGUÊS....FAZ TEMPO QUE ESTAMOS PEDINDO ESSE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!