ADHD
Are You a UMD Student Who Has Trouble "Getting It Done"?
Please visit the Get It Done Group for support and education about executive function. At their webpage, be sure to scroll down to explore executive function topics like attention, focus, procrastination, and time management.
This drop-in group open to all students, with or without ADHD.
Best self-help book:
The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to Facilitate Coping Inside and Out
by J. Russell Ramsay and
Anthony L. Rostain
PhD With ADHD
I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) right before starting graduate school.
Here below is my curated list of blogs written by students with ADHD who offer their survival tips for completing doctoral programs, plus one at the very bottom pertaining to survival in medical school. Please let me know of any new material that I should add.
ADHD goes to grad school: What do students and mentors need to know?
Jaclyn Paul (The ADHD Homestead), October 31, 2018
Being a grad student with ADHD: An ode to constant ontological uncertainty
Hilary Argo (Raving Anthropology), February 3, 2017
VIDEO: Can you do a PhD with ADHD? 3 Tips
Justin Murphy, July 21, 2019
Jax Sanders (Rackham Graduate School: Student Voices), December 8, 2011
I am a Graduate Student with ADHD
Sarah Cohen, October 22, 2018
Krysten Blackstone (Pubs and Publications), March 31, 2007
Krysten Blackstone (Pubs and Publications), May 12, 2007
Navigating an ADHD diagnosis in graduate school
Ale Villegas, May 12, 2022
Negotiating Grad School with Learning Disabilities and ADHD
GradHacker, April 21, 2014
Carly A. Kocurek, September 25, 2019.
Ph.D. with ADHD brings can-do focus to science, life
Deborah Blackwell (Correspondent for The Harvard Gazette). April 12, 2018.
Travis Ruff (in The Dalhousie Gazette), September 19, 2019
Surviving Graduate School, Writing, & ADHD
Trey Roady. April 23, 2019.
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Focus and Flourish: Navigating Medicine's Demands When You Have ADHD
Ana Gascon. February 6, 2024.