The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has a concise entry on Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults.

Medication Management for Adults with AD/HD – 16 pages, published March 2004 by The National Resource Center for AD/HD (a program of CHADD).

Why didn’t my doctors give me this paper on our very first meeting?

It would have answered half the questions I tried to get answered
during our too-brief sessions, and a lot of questions I never got to
ask like, “has anyone taken a good look at how these meds will affect
my cardiovascular health?” and “can you tell me again why Adderall
might be better for me than Prozac (or vice versa)?”

I like how this piece is both readable and technically
comprehensive.  Among the contents: comparisons of different meds,
dosing considerations and effects, side effects, and cautions on
addiction risk.

Excerpt:

“This information and resource sheet will:

• provide a basic understanding of how stimulants can be used safely and effectively to treat AD/HD in adults.
• discuss nonstimulant medications for AD/HD in adults, including
  those approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of
  AD/HD in adults
• discuss the effect of coexisting psychiatric disorders on the medical treatment of adults with AD/HD.”

Note: If you find other references like this one (or better in any way), please leave a comment to let us know.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Adult ADHD Program — New York, NY

The Adult ADD clinic at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is simultaneously involved with individual treatment, clinical research, and clinical trials of new pharmaceuticals. Their clinical trials page is particularly useful. Click here for a list of their current ADD trials (some for adults, some for children).

Web excerpt:

“Adult ADHD Group Treatment Program The group treatment program is an organizational skill-development program for adults who have already been assessed and diagnosed with ADHD. (An assessment can be conducted in our program.) The program cost is $1,020 ($85/session) for the 12-week program, payable in full at the first session.

The program has sessions that address the following topics:

• Identifying Areas of Personal Strength and Weakness
• Time Management
• Dealing with Emotional and Environmental Distractions
• Organization
• Planning
• Long-term Goal-Setting”

Books on Adult ADD are popping up like mushrooms after the rain. Which ones have info relevant to the executive workplace? Here at the ADDexecutive, we haven’t yet reviewed them all, but here’s a a starter list of books that we know (or think we know) have info on ADD in the workplace. Detailed reviews will come in the future. Meanwhile, feel free to comment on any you’ve found useful or note.

At top, a dozen books with particular focus on workplace issues. Below, several dozen additional books with workplace relevance. For more detail, click on the titles and Amazon will (usually) tell you plenty.

Books with particular focus on workplace issues:

Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It
by Jane B. Burka, Lenora M., Ph.D. Yuen

Making ADD Work: On-the-Job Strategies for Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Blythe Grossberg

What
Does Everybody Else Know That I Don’t?: Social Skills Help for Adults
With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) a Reader-Friendly
Guide
by Michele Novotni, Randy Petersen

ADD In The Workplace: Choices, Changes, And Challenges
by Kathleen G. Nadeau

Healing ADD : Simple Exercises That Will Change Your Daily Life
by Thom Hartmann, Richard Bandler (Foreword)

The Attention Deficit Workplace: Winning Strategies for Success in Today’s Fast-Paced Business Environment
by Mitch Thrower

Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
by Judith Kolberg, Kathleen Nadeau

10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD: How to Overcome Chronic Distraction & Accomplish Your Goals
by Stephanie Sarkis

Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its
by Terry Matlen

Finding Your Focus: Practical Strategies for the Everyday Challenges Facing Adults with ADD
by Judith Greenbaum, Geraldine Markel

Women With Attention Deficit Disorder: Embracing Disorganization at Home and in the Workplace
by Sari Solden

ANSWERS TO DISTRACTION: The Authors of Driven to Distraction Respond to the Most Frequently Asked Questions about ADD
by Edward M. Hallowell

Additional books:

Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults
by Thomas Brown

The New Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults Workbook
by Lynn Weiss

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life
by Sari Solden, Edward T. Hallowell (Foreword), John J. Ratey (Foreword)

Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults, 4th Edition: A Different Way of Thinking
by Lynn Weiss

Attention Deficit Democracy
by James Bovard

Attention Deficit Disorder
by Thom Hartmann

The Natural Approach to Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
by Ronald L. Hoffman

Attention Deficit Disorder
by Barbara Ingersoll, Sam Goldstein (Contributor)

YOU MEAN I’M NOT LAZY, STUPID OR CRAZY?!: A Self-help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo

A.D.D. Kaleidoscope The Many Faces of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

by Joan Andrews, Denise E. Davis

The
A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Diet! Updated: A Comprehensive Look at Contributing
Factors and Natural Treatments for Symptoms of Attention Deficit
Disorder and Hyperactivity (Paperback)
by Rachel Bell, Howard Peiper

The A.D.D. Quest for Identity: Inside the Mind of Attention Deficit Disorder
by George H. Green

ADD & ADHD: Complementary Medicine Solutions
by Charles Gant, Mark Briggs

Do You Have Attention Deficit Disorder?
by James Lawrence Thomas

The Down & Dirty Guide to Adult ADD
by Michael Gordon

Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
by Edward M. Hallowell, Johrn J. Ratey

The Link Between A.D.D and Addiction: Getting the Help You Deserve
by Wendy Richardson

Moving Beyond A.D.D./A.D.H.D. : An Effective, Holistic, Mind-Body Approach
by Rita Kirsch Debroitner, Avery Hart

Overload: Attention Deficit Disorder and the Addictive Brain
by David K. Miller, Kenneth Blum

The Twelve Steps: A Guide for Adults With Attention Deficit Disorder
by Friends in Recovery

The Twelve Steps: A Key to Living With Attention Deficit Disorder
by Friends in Recovery

Journeys Through ADDulthood
by Sarri Solden

Scattered Minds: Hope and Help for Adults with ADHD
by Lenard Adler, Mari Florence

Managing Your Mind: The Mental Fitness Guide
by Gillian Butler

Mastering Your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program Client Workbook (Treatments That Work)
by Steven A. Safren, Susan Sprich, Carol A. Perlman, Michael W. Otto

Understanding Women With AD/HD
by Kathleen G. Nadeau

Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD
by Daniel G. Amen

The Manhattan Adult ADD Support Group
— that’s one more thing they’ve got in New York that I wish I had in my home town… The group meets monthly for support, sharing, and speakers — and many of their members participate in a “Buddy List” for working through day-to-day challenges. Their website has excellent info and links on books*, medications, and more. Do take a look. And if you’re a member (or visitor) of MAADDSG, please drop a comment here to let us know how the group is going.

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*the MAADDSG booklist includes books on all aspects of ADD in adult life. For a more focused list of books that pertain to ADD in the workplace, check out our ADDexecutive bibliography.

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Duke University ADHD Clinic — Durham NC.

As might be expected at an affiliate of one of the nation’s premier teaching hospitals, the Duke University ADHD Clinic practitioners are simultaneously involved with individual treatment, clinical research, and clinical trials of new pharmaceuticals. If you work with these folks, you’re working with the vanguard.

From their website:

“The ADHD Clinic at the Duke University Medical Center is one of the nation’s leading programs for research and clinical services pertaining to ADHD and related behavior problems. The program is staffed by four licensed clinical psychologists, one board-certified child psychiatrist, and a number of study coordinators and research assistants. The ADHD Clinic participates actively in three primary activities: 1) Federally-funded (e.g., NIMH) research grants; 2) Industry-funded (e.g., pharmaceutical companies) clinical trials; 3) Clinic services to the community. These activities encompass patients from preschool age to adulthood.”

Human Resource Consultants — Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill NC.

HRC is a well-established firm with both psychiatric and psychological clinicans (5 MDs and 20+ PhDs at present) who work with both corporations and individuals.

In our ADDExec arena, there are several things to like about HRC: (1) they have an established consultancy for workplace solutions, (2) they have clinicians who specialize in working with adults with ADD, and (3) their comprehensive practice (MDs andPhDs, family and workplace consultation, pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques) allows them to provide solutions that are often more “complete” than those available from most independent practitioners.

I have had the pleasure of working with several of the clinicians as a client, and I have also worked with one of the clinicians in a joint-consult with one of my own management consulting clients who needed evaluation and advice in several areas affecting his workplace effectiveness.

Creative people are like a dog with a bone. They refuse to let go of an idea. The mull over the problem at their workbench as well as in the most mundane places. They chew on it just as a dog chews on the same old bone for hours. …Creative people nurture an idea even when not actively thinking about it.

– Roy Williams in Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads–Tools and Techniques for Profitable Persuasion

The Attention Deficit Disorder Association is the nation’s leading organization for helping adults with ADD. Their many offerings include a clinician directory, an archive of articles from clinical and popular press, audio and video tapes, and multiple conferences.

We at the ADDexecutive consider the ADDA an excellent role model for us* and an excellent resource for our readers. Go look, join up. I did!

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Note: Remind me again what the difference is between the ADDexecutive’s mission and ADDA’s?

Two things: Scope and Method.

In Scope: the ADDExecutive focuses strictly on workplace issues, while ADDA covers the entirety of adult living (e.g., relationships, parenting, links to other physical and mental health issues, etc.).

In Method: reader contributions will be at the heart of the ADDexecutive, on equal footing with editorial contributions and clinical contributions. ADDA provides networking opportunities and other means for member contributions, but does not have a reader-driven online presence.