A Feminist's Guide to ADHD
eBook - ePub

A Feminist's Guide to ADHD

How women can thrive and find focus in a world built for men

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Feminist's Guide to ADHD

How women can thrive and find focus in a world built for men

About this book

An empowering, feminist guide to understanding and managing ADHD for women, written by a popular millennial doctor with ADHD.

ADHD affects women in unique ways. Discover how to deal with it – and how to thrive – in this empowering guide.

Whether you have received a late diagnosis, a misdiagnosis – or even no diagnosis at all but think this might apply to you – experienced coach Dr. Janina Maschke offers guidance and support to all women and girls impacted by ADHD. As well as featuring the latest research, personal case-studies and practical exercises, this book gives you tips on thriving with ADHD and embracing neurodiversity.

You will learn:

  • the role of gender in understanding ADHD
  • the challenges of diagnosing women
  • the differences between the subtypes
  • the role of hormones in treating symptoms
  • common co-existing conditions
  • tools for thriving with ADHD.

Whether you're seeking information pre-diagnosis or looking to manage your symptoms, this is a must-read for all women impacted by ADHD.

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Information

Publisher
Watkins Publishing
Year
2024
Topic
Psychology
eBook ISBN
9781786789082
Subtopic
Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD-ADHD)
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Disclaimer
  6. Contents
  7. 1 Welcome to the ADHD community
  8. 2 Lost women: the overlooked struggles of women with ADHD
  9. 3 Wired differently: the ADHD brain
  10. 4 Miss Diagnosis
  11. 5 Understanding ADHD subtypes
  12. 6 Masking
  13. 7 The hormonal connection and its impact on women’s ADHD symptoms
  14. 8 When it’s not just ADHD
  15. 9 Moving forward
  16. 10 Be the boss of your brain
  17. Resources
  18. References
  19. About the author
  20. Acknowledgements
  21. Glossary
  22. Back Cover

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