This presentation will describe what the symptoms of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) are and how a for mal clinical diagnosis is made. The potential ways that ADHD could impact studying, task completion and organization for students will be addressed.
The presentation will also describe how ADHD impacts students, par ticularly if they also have associated Learning Disabilities, Anxiety Disorders, and Major Depression. Assessment techniques and treatment options will be presented in detail.
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Facilitators: Dr. Doron Almagor, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C) and Rubaba Ansari, M.A.
Dr. Doron Almagor completed his undergraduate and medical school training at the University of Toronto. He is the current Past President of the Ontario Psychiatric Association (OPA). He has also served as the Chair of the Psychotherapy section of the OPA and serves on the executive of the OMA Psychiatry Section. Dr.
Almagor was trained as a psychoanalyst and is a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association. He is the Scientific Program Chair for the Advanced Training Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society. He is presently a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He also continues to serves as a staff psychiatrist in the University Health Network (UHN which includes the Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto General Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital) and within the Urgent Care Clinic program at UHN, and is Consulting Staff at the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH). His teaching experience has included the Psychotherapy Supervision of Clinical Staff in the Emergency Psychiatry Urgent Care Program at UHN, supervision in the Medical Student Psychotherapy Program and supervision of CAMH and UHN residents. Dr. Almagor has taught a variety of courses in the areas of psychotherapy, personality disorders and anxiety. His current interests include ADHD, comorbid disorders such as Anxiety and Depression, and Psychopharmacology.
Rubaba Ansari, M.A., Clinical Director, the ADHD Clinic Ms. Ansari has worked in several senior administrative positions including the coordination of large scale research protocals and academic projects, both in tertiary care and research settings. She has published extensively in the area of ADHD and comorbidities. Her current areas of clinical interest include ADHD and comorbid disorders such as Learning Disabilities and Anxiety. Ms. Ansari is an experienced psychometrist and has worked in the areas of Epilepsy and Sickle Cell Disease at the Hospital For Sick Children for several years.