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Master Clinician James J. McGough, M.D., M.S.: ADHD: To Medicate or Not to Medicate—The Controversies of Treatment

Dr. McGough is professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Semil Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Well known nationally and internationally as an authority on the assessment and treatment of ADHD, he currently serves as director of clinical teaching programs in both child and adolescent psychopharmacology and ADHD at UCLA; and is chair of the UCLA Medical Institutional Review Board, overseeing all university human research in the neurosciences. Dr. McGough’s research has primarily focused on clinical intervention trials for ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders, as well as psychiatric genetics. In this CCB, Dr. McGough discusses ongoing controversies surrounding ADHD medication management, as well as the evidence for and against alternative and complementary non-medication ADHD treatments.
Thursday, October 24, 2013: 7:00 AM-8:30 AM
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