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ADHD Medications: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
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Description
Misconceptions about ADHD medications continue to hinder optimal care for individuals with ADHD, creating delays or gaps in treatment. It's crucial to understand that evidence-based, multimodal treatment—including the appropriate use of medication—plays a vital role in improving the long-term academic, professional, and personal outcomes of clients, while also supporting their emotional and physical health.
Join Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells as she dives into:
- Stimulant and non-stimulant medications: how they work, their differences, and key factors affecting efficacy
- Essential considerations for selecting initial ADHD medications
- Guidelines for starting patients on their medication journey
- Strategies to overcome barriers to optimal care, including dispelling common medication myths
- Insights from the latest research on ADHD treatment
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your understanding and improve outcomes for your patients.
Speakers
Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells, MD, FAAP
Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician and the owner and president of Our Place Adolescent and Young Adult Health, a multi-faceted clinic dedicated to meeting the physical and emotional needs of adolescents and young adults. Dr. Lentzsch-Parcells is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at the TCU Burnett School of Medicine, a member of the national board of CHADD, and member of the planning committee for the International Conference on ADHD. As a physician with nearly 20 years of experience, a teacher, and mother with ADHD and a learning disability herself, she has a deep commitment to caring for individuals and families with ADHD as well as improving the care they receive by educating patients, parents, medical and mental health providers, coaches, teachers, community leaders and anyone else who will listen (and on occasion those who won’t). Dr. Lentzsch-Parcells speaks and lectures nationally on ADHD, pharmacotherapy and ADHD, ADHD and anxiety, ADHD and eating disorders, adolescent development, and parenting among other topics.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells has an employment relationship with Pediatrics, TCU, and UNTHSC School of Medicine. She receives a speaking honorarium from Collegium Pharmaceuticals and previously received a speaking honorarium from Vertical Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Lentzsch-Parcells also receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells serves as Treasurer on CHADD's National Board of Directors. She is a member of the International Conference ADHD Planning Committee and serves on the Fort Worth Academy committee.
