Up to 99% of teens and adults with ADHD are more sensitive than usual to rejection. And nearly 1 in 3 say it’s the hardest part of living with ADHD. Neither article cites any sources. I am skeptical of the rejection-sensitive dysphoria concept. Part of it is the lack of evidence bey...
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As you evaluate children and teens for these conditions, be aware that studies show parents and caregivers of children with autism + ADHD tend to view their child’s ADHD symptoms as more severe than parents and caregivers whose children have ADHD alone. ...
The parents’ version of the Stop Signal task and the Probabilistic Reversal Learning task will be identical to those described for children. The Stop Signal task shows an adequate test-retest reliability when administered to adults without a DSM-IV diagnosis in the past year (r= .65 for th...