Webinar: ADHD & Anxiety

Name: Webinar: ADHD & Anxiety
Uploaded: 2022-06-02
Description: In this webinar, we discuss why ADHD and anxiety occur together. You will learn how ADHD and anxiety both impact each other. We share strategies for managing and treating anxiety including proper health hygiene, behavioral changes, and therapeutic interventions.

By Dr. Roberto Olivardia

Up to 30 percent of children with ADHD have a co-occurring anxiety disorder. Anxiety can cause children with ADHD to feel edgy, stressed out, tired, and tense. Anxiety can impact symptoms of ADHD such as causing decreased attention and concentration and resulting in more distractibility.

In this webinar, we discuss why ADHD and anxiety occur together. You will learn how ADHD and anxiety both impact each other. We share strategies for managing and treating anxiety including proper health hygiene, behavioral changes, and therapeutic interventions.

This webinar recording is from a presentation in August of 2021.

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About the Presenter

Dr. Roberto Olivardia is a clinical instructor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. He maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he specializes in the treatment of ADHD, executive functioning issues, and issues that face students with dyslexia. He also specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and personality disorders. He currently serves on the professional advisory boards for CHADD, the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), and the National Association for Males with Eating Disorders.