ADHD & Women

with Dr Anneka Tomlinson

ADHD can often present differently in women than men. Yet most research focuses on men and boys, resulting in misdiagnoses and a lack of support for women with ADHD.

This course will dispel the myths and give a fantastic insight into ADHD in women, including how hormones and pregnancy can affect the condition. You will gain an evidence based and clinical understanding of ADHD & leave with practical tips on how to manage adult life with ADHD.

Module 1: Understanding symptoms and diagnosis of ADHD in women
Module 2: The impact of untreated ADHD
Module 3: Co-occurring conditions in ADHD
Module 4: The science of ADHD treatment
Module 5: ADHD and hormones: menstruation, menopause, and pregnancy
Module 6: Emotional dysregulation, executive dysfunction, and rejection sensitivity dysphoria
Bonus session: Practical tips

Your host, Dr Anneka Tomlinson is a Clinical Academic Psychiatry Fellow working at the University of Oxford. Having worked with and treated many adults with ADHD, she now focuses on targeted individualised treatment in mental health, particularly ADHD and mood disorders. Dr Tomlinson manages the Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab (OxPPL) with Professor Andrea Cipriani and has been published widely in the field of mental health. In addition, working alongside Professor Samuele Cortese (ADHD international expert) at the University of Southampton on a number of projects examining the side effect profiles of ADHD medication and identifying treatment predictors in patients with ADHD.