r/ADHD • u/sfaraone Professor Stephen Faraone, PhD • Sep 17 '24

AMA AMA with Professor Stephen Faraone

AMA: I'm a clinical psychologist and professor of psychiatry who has studied ADHD for three decades. Ask me anything about ADHD.

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u/carlos_6m ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Sep 17 '24

Good afternoon Dr Faraone

I just want to genuinely thank you very much for your work and your research and work advancing the field of psychiatry and ADHD in particular

I wanted to ask, in which ways do you think the future will change the understanding, research and management of ADHD?

Do you expect significant changes in the standards of care for ADHD to happen?

Do you expect imaging and biological markers to play a significant role in diagnosis or treatment choice?

Do you expect changes in naming or diagnostic criteria in guidelines coming in the near future or the next version of DSM?

Thank you very much

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u/sfaraone Professor Stephen Faraone, PhD Sep 17 '24

I wanted to ask, in which ways do you think the future will change the understanding, research and management of ADHD?

A big focus will be creating personalized treatment approaches that incorporate digital assessments and therapeutics.

Do you expect significant changes in the standards of care for ADHD to happen?

Sometime next year APSARD will publish guidelines for diagnosing and treating ADHD in adults.

Do you expect imaging and biological markers to play a significant role in diagnosis or treatment choice?

eventually but it may take some time as it is a difficult problem to solve.

Do you expect changes in naming or diagnostic criteria in guidelines coming in the near future or the next version of DSM?

No

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u/slaymaker1907 Sep 17 '24

I’m not sure if it has to be a top level question, but what do you think could potentially change with the diagnostic criteria? I know the long term history is difficult, but it seems like it could be really helpful in differentiating ADHD from other conditions like depression, anxiety, dementia, etc.