Tag: ADHD
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Clearing the Fog: CBT and Mindfulness for ADHD and Cognitive Disengagement
A look at “Cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based cognitive therapies for adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and cognitive disengagement syndrome: a randomized controlled trial” by Leila Kamran, Seyed Mousa Golestaneh, Ali Pakizeh and Sooran Rajabi (2026) In “Head in the Clouds: Cognitive Disengagement, ADHD and Knowing What You Feel”, we met cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS): the dreamy, foggy,…
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Does CBT for Adult ADHD Pay Off Years Later?
A look at “Long-term effects of cognitive behavioural therapy on the quality of life in adult ADHD” by Ravian Wettstein, Valentina Navarro-Ovando, Viktoria Janke, Ron Mathôt and Glenn Dumont (2026) Here’s a hopeful idea: maybe therapy skills are like planting bulbs. You might not see much straight away, but come spring, up they pop. An…
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What Reddit Reveals About Women and ADHD
A look at “Symptom expression and coping strategies in women-focused attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder communities: a comparative natural language analysis of Reddit” by Joohee Seo, Youngsoo Kim, Sohyeon Ryu, Sunjoong Kim and Lidia Zylowska (2026) If you want to know what living with ADHD is really like, you could read a diagnostic manual, or you could spend…
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Support at Work: Adjustments, Access to Work and Whether to Tell Your Boss
For many neurodivergent adults, work is where things get hardest. Open-plan offices, endless meetings, vague instructions and surprise deadlines can make an otherwise capable person feel like they’re failing. The good news? In the UK, you have rights, and there’s practical help available. What the law says Under the Equality Act 2010, a disability is…
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The Missing Years: ADHD, Midlife and Menopause
A look at “Women, ADHD and the missing years” by Rachael Martin (2026) Picture a woman in her late forties who has spent decades holding it all together: job, family, ageing parents, a calendar like a game of Tetris. Then perimenopause arrives and the whole thing topples over. For a growing number of women, this…
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ADHD Doesn’t Expire at 18: A Quick Map of Adult ADHD
A look at “Adult ADHD: A Narrative Review of Symptoms, Assessment, and Intervention Strategies” by Farra Anisa Rahmania and Dwi Fadhila (2026) For a long time, ADHD was pictured as a boy bouncing off the classroom walls. The assumption was that he’d grow out of it, like a pair of school shoes. Many adults now…
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Cycles and Concentration: Periods and ADHD
A look at “Menstrual health and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms: A scoping review” by Gabriela Kennedy, Megan Baran-Goldwax and Sarah Lippé (2026) Many ADHDers who menstruate will tell you that some weeks their brain feels like a well-oiled machine, and other weeks like a shopping trolley with a wonky wheel. Medication seems to stop working,…
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Fleeting Attention: 270 Years of ADHD History
A look at “Historical development of ADHD from 1753 to 2026” by Farzad Salehpour and Francisco Gonzalez-Lima (2026) There’s a popular claim that ADHD is a modern invention, cooked up by pharmaceutical companies or caused by smartphones. This sweeping American review begs to differ. It traces descriptions of ADHD-like traits back more than 270 years,…
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Does ADHD Coaching Actually Work? An Honest Look at the Evidence
ADHD coaching is everywhere at the moment: on social media, in workplace wellbeing schemes and in more than a few glossy adverts promising to “unlock your potential”. As someone who offers it, I think it can be genuinely life-changing. But you deserve to know what the research actually says, not just what the marketing says.…
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#ADHDTok Under the Microscope: Coming Soon
A look at “Autism and ADHD social media short-form video content: A systematic review protocol” by Vasileia Karasavva and Amori Yee Mikami (2026) “Five signs you might have ADHD!” “Things autistic people do that nobody talks about!” If you’ve spent any time on TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts, you’ll have seen videos like these,…