ADHD and Suicide: Key Risk Factors, Clinical Insights, and Treatment Strategies

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Roberto Olivardia, PhD Related seminars and products

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Dr. Roberto Olivardia is a clinical psychologist, lecturer in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and clinical associate at McLean Hospital. He maintains a private practice in Lexington, MA, where he specializes in the treatment of ADHD, executive functioning issues, and issues that face students with learning differences. He is a recognized expert in the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He is on the Professional Advisory Boards for Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD) and The Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), as well as sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for ADDitude and the Expert Network for Understood. He is co-author of The Adonis Complex, a book which details the various manifestations of body image problems in males. He has appeared in publications such as Time, GQ, and Rolling Stone, and has been featured on Good Morning America, Extra, CBS This Morning, CNN, and VH1. He has spoken on numerous radio and webinar shows and presents at many talks and conferences around the country. He conducts advocacy work for Decoding Dyslexia – Massachusetts and is a member of the American Association of Suicidology and International Dyslexia – Massachusetts and is a member of the American Association of Suicidology and International Dyslexia Association. He also has lived experience as someone with ADHD and learning differences and a parent of two teenagers with ADHD and Dyslexia.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Roberto Olivardia maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with McLean Hospital, Within Health, and Women Insight, Inc. He receives royalties as a published author and is a consultant with the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Risk Factors for Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Abuse. Dr. Olivardia receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Roberto Olivardia is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders, the American Association of Suicidology, the American Psychological Association, the Attention Deficit Disorder Association, the Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the International Dyslexia Association, the International Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, the Massachusetts Psychological Association, and the Multi-Service Eating Disorder Association.

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Objectives

1. Determine the three ADHD-specific risk factors for suicide using the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior.
2. Choose DBT treatment interventions for ADHD patients who are currently experiencing suicidal thoughts or self-harming behaviors.
3. Determine the impact pharmacological interventions for ADHD have on suicide risk.

Outline

What do we know about people who die by suicide? Understanding who is at highest risk. 

• Gender 
• Age 
• Marital Status 
• Geography 
• Methods 
• Suicide and Firearms 

Combatting the 10 common myths about suicide  

• Identifying Special Populations at risk and citing the factors why: 
  • People affected by mental illness 
  • Veterans 
  • LGBTQ+ populations 
  • Neurodiverse individuals 

Distinguishing between suicide and Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) 

• Why people engage in NSSI 

ADHD and Suicide: Understanding this important and clinically underappreciated relationship 

• Prevalence of Suicidality in ADHD 
• Prevalence of ADHD in Suicidal Patients and Research 
• Develop awareness of the Additive Suicide Risk Posed by ADHD 
• Framing the risk ADHD can pose for suicidality using the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior Model  
  • ADHD and Thwarted Belongingness  
  • ADHD and Perceived Burdensomeness  
  • ADHD and the acquired ability to enact lethal self-injury  

Suicide Assessment Questions 

• Risk and Limitations of Assessment  

Treatment Implications for ADHD and Suicide and NSSI: Reaching patients  

• The impact of treating ADHD on suicide prevention and NSSI: Meeting patients where they are 

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Target Audience

• Psychologists 
• Social Workers 
• Licensed Clinical/Mental Health Counselors 
• Addiction Professionals 
• Marriage & Family Therapists 
• Nurses 
• School Administrators 
• Teachers/School-Based Personnel 
• Speech-language Pathologists