Stephen Hinshaw, PhD
Stephen Hinshaw is professor of psychology, department
of psychology, University of California, Berkley. He received his AB in
psychology and social relations from Harvard University; his MA in
clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles; and
PhD in clinical psychology from University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Hinshaw’s research is in childhood behavior disorders,
developmental psychopathology; Attention deficits and hyperactivity;
aggressive behavior, peer relations, family interactions, and
neuropsychological risk factors; psychosocial and pharmacological
interventions for children with ADHD; process and outcome research in
child interventions; assessment, diagnosis, and classification of child
disorders; definitions of mental disorder; stigma associated with mental
disorder.
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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