My ADHD Foundation
Our Mission with Commitment
Our foundation was established to advance the accuracy of diagnosis and effectiveness of treatment for individuals with ADHD through patient care, research, education, and advocacy.
Our foundation is committed to funding and disseminating the world’s literature on adult ADHD in an organized format for health care providers, patients, families, and policy makers in the United States.
While the International ADHD research community has published adult ADHD diagnostic and treatment guidelines, there are no research-based U.S. adult ADHD clinical practice guidelines for health care providers and patients. This absence is a glaring oversight that represents an unmet need for the general public and adults with ADHD in the United States.
Our Progress
We are at the ground level and just getting started. Our Foundation, in collaboration with national and international adult ADHD experts, intends to fulfill our promise to advocate for the development and publication of U.S. guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults, accompanied by specialty ADHD “tool kits” for clinicians. A publication would be a monumental advancement for the care of adult ADHD in this country. Such guidelines would provide foundational parameters for health care providers, insurers, and policy makers when caring for adults with ADHD.
Only 25% of adults with ADHD are receiving care
There are no United States guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment for ADHD in adults
International guidelines exist. We need to catch up!
Our Impact
Today, millions of people in the U.S. with ADHD go without care. Why? They don’t even know they suffer from a very treatable condition. This care is delivered by a broad range of providers with varying degrees of training and experience. Without adult ADHD guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD, well-intended practitioners provide what they think is best, but absent a research foundation for diagnosis and treatment.
Diverse Group of Adults
Diverse Group of Clinicians
Diverse Group of Older Adults
Our Progress
Join a national movement
With the clear need for established evidence-based, clinically informed, and patient-focused guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults, we ask you to help us advance the care of those you know with ADHD. A standard of care based on evidence-based and ethical considerations for patients is the inarguable mission we undertake.
Our Mission with Commitment
There are many people invested in the adult ADHD world. Researchers, medical and mental health providers, educators, insurance companies, and policy makers, to name only a few. A publication of a set of adult ADHD guidelines and the development and dissemination of specialty “tool kits” will ensure that patients receive a consistently high quality of care from their providers across the United States, regardless of where treatment is provided in this country
The increased use of telemedicine for mental health services demonstrates the tremendous need among people around the country. While providing access to care, it has complicated the delivery of mental health care, especially in adult ADHD. Regardless of where care is delivered (in-person, online, on the phone, etc.), the principles of treatment should follow standards of care and ethical guidelines established by the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and other professional health care provider organizations. Following such guidelines, regardless of where treatment is provided, ensures that patients receive a similar quality of care across the United States. Makes sense? Of course, it does. It is what everyone wants from their medical care.
100% of every donated dollar will be invested in research and education grants for this project. Our operating expenses are covered by separate foundation grants from the ADHDWorldFoundation.