Prof. Sandra Kooij explains Why is sleeping well such a challenge for people with ADHD, and what can we do about it? What is the late sleep phase in ADHD? Is ADHD actually a problem of the biological clock? Melatonin and other medications – do or don’t? What is light therapy and is it useful? Join our newsletter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i0O0yqvN4Y Help raise awareness with us Please…
Join our newsletter Authors –Farangis Dorani 1, Denise Bijlenga 2, Aartjan T F Beekman 3, Eus J W van Someren 4, J J Sandra Kooij 5 Affiliations – 1PsyQ Program and Expertise Center Adult ADHD, The Hague, the Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2PsyQ Program and Expertise Center Adult ADHD, The Hague, the Netherlands; SEIN, Sleep-Wake Center, Heemstede, The Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected]. 3Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Dept. of Psychiatry, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 4Amsterdam…
ADHD Women Reseach Contributors Join our newsletter We would like to whole heartedly thank all partners and colloborators for including ADHD Europe in various initiatives and ADHD related activities. The ADHD Community we represent are truly blessed by being included and being able to participate to get our ‘ADHD Voices heard’ and to get the ‘Evidenced Based Information’ that ‘ADHD is Real’. There are so…
ADHD, Addiction, and Substance Abuse ~ Prof. Anthony Ramos~Quiroga (Head of Pscyhiatry, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital based in Spain) explains why ADHD often co-occurs with Substance Use Disorders (SUD) in both adults and adolescents/ How this can complicate proper screening, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as resulting in poor treatment outcomes and discusses the genetic link between both conditions, the psychological aspects, diagnosis of both, and the options for treatment.…
To kick start the ADHD Women Project during October 2021 Awareness Month, Prof. J.J. Sandra Kooij gave a presentation on Women, ADHD and Hormones. We have included further reading below the Youtube video. Enjoy! Join our newsletter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPerPxb-RNs Hormonal mood changes in women with ADHD The diagnosis of ADHD is often only made in women during menopause. In women with ADHD, mood swings occur 2 to…
Representation and How Awareness Matters Louise Gooding, Halli Gomez and Kate Foster Louise Gooding is a children’s non-fiction author, based in Switzerland. As a neurodiverse writer herself, Louise is a keen advocate for more own-voice neurodiverse writers and mental health representation in Children’s Literature. Louise wants to share stories that feature characters that stand out, are different and who have something to say. Inspired…
This website was originally created in 2020, for women to share their personal stories as well as a place to make information available to them about ADHD in women and related topics. We wish to raise awareness about the hidden disability that is still ravaging the lives of many women throughout Europe today and empower all people living with ADHD, of all genders and diverse…
