Russell Barkley, PhD
Russell Barkley is a clinical professor of psychiatry
and pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is
a Diplomate (board certified) in three specialties, clinical psychology
(ABPP), clinical child and adolescent psychology, and Clinical
neuropsychology (ABCN, ABPP). Dr. Barkley is a clinical scientist,
educator, and practitioner who has authored, co-authored, or co-edited
21 books, rating scales, and clinical manuals numbering 28
editions. He has also published more than 250 scientific articles
and book chapters and is the founder and editor of the bimonthly
clinical newsletter, The ADHD Report, now in its 20th year of
publication. He was inducted into the CHADD Hall Fame in 1994.
Session: FR1-Research Symposium I-Girls with
ADHD, Montreal Study, Milwaukee Study
Ideas behind the Berkeley Girls ADHD Longitudinal Study
(BGALS), which began in the 1990s will be discussed. Then findings from
the childhood, adolescent, and young adult phases of this study, which
involves the largest cohort of childhood-diagnosed girls with ADHD in
existence, 95% of whom have been followed through a mean age of 20 will
be discussed.Discussion of (a) means of retaining long-term samples and
(b) differences between long-term outcomes in this study and those of
males with ADHD--which include, for BGALS, a strikingly high rate of
suicidal and self-injurious behavior in late adolescence and young
adulthood.
The presentation will also describe the Montreal
Longitudinal Study which followed children with ADHD and normal matched
controls prospectively for 15 years from mean age 8 to 26 years.
Different adult outcomes will be described, as well as factors which
influence these outcomes.
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