Missed in Plain Sight: ADHD and Autism in Girls and Young Women by Dr. Erica J. Lee, MD

YOUR SPEAKER

Dr. Erica J. Lee, MD

Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist · Founder, Midtown Manhattan Psychiatry

Board certified · MD, Brown University · Adult psychiatry residency, Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School · Child psychiatry fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Concierge practice for neurodivergent and twice-exceptional children, teens and young adults

WHY THIS MATTERS

Most of what we know about ADHD and autism comes from studies on boys. Girls show up differently. They mask, they work twice as hard to fit in, and they are often treated for anxiety or depression first. Many are not diagnosed until their twenties, if at all.

In this session, Dr. Erica J. Lee shares what she sees every day in her practice, and gives you a clear way to spot the girls and young women who fall through the cracks.

WHAT WE COVER

• Why girls present differently, and how masking hides the signs
• How emotional dysregulation can cover up the real diagnosis
• What a late diagnosis costs a young woman, at school, in relationships and in her sense of self
• Practical red flags any therapist or pediatrician can use in a first visit
• When and how to refer for a full evaluation
• Live Q&A

WHO IT IS FOR

Therapists, pediatricians, psychiatrists and nurse practitioners. The clinicians who see these patients first.

READ THE ARTICLE

Missed in Plain Sight: Why We Keep Missing ADHD and Autism in Girls, by Dr. Erica J. Lee, MD, on the Doctoloop blog.

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