Lenard Adler, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Director of the Adult ADHD Program, NYU School of Medicine, discusses adult ADHD and the relative lack of teaching and knowledge about the disorder within the physician population.

Summary:
A national comorbidity survey recently found that only 1 in 10 adults with ADHD who had seen physicians in the year prior had been diagnosed and treated.

References and Resources:
Culpepper L, Mattingly G. A practical guide to recognition and diagnosis of ADHD in adults in the primary care setting. Postgrad Med. 2008 Sep;120(3):16-26. Review.
Epstein JN, Langberg JM, Lichtenstein PK, Mainwaring BA, Luzader CP, Stark LJ. Community-wide intervention to improve the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder assessment and treatment practices of community physicians. Pediatrics. 2008 Jul;122(1):19-27.

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Dr. Adler has disclosed the following:
Royalty: New York University
Consulting Fees: Abbott, Eli Lilly, Major League Baseball, Merck & Co., Mindsite, Organon, Ortho-McNeil/Jannsen/Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, Psychogenics, Sanofi-Aventis, Shire
Fees for non-CME Services Received Directly from a Commercial Interest or their Agents: Ortho-McNeil/Jannsen/Johnson and Johnson, Shire
Contracted Research: Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck & Co., Pfizer, Shire, Eli Lilly, Ortho-McNeil/Jannsen/Johnson and Johnson, National Institute on Drug Abuse

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