Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D.

Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D.

Kathleen Nadeau, PhD is the founder and director of The Chesapeake Center - ADHD, Learning and Behavioral Health, one of the largest private ADHD specialty clinics in the US. She is the author of over a dozen books related to ADHD, including her most recent book, Still Distracted After All These Years (#CommissionsEarned), the only book focused on the concerns of older adults with ADHD. She is best known for her focus on girls and women with ADHD, for which she shared the CHADD Hall of Fame Award with her long-time colleague and writing partner, Patricia Quinn, MD. Currently, she is developing an online training institute - ChAATI - the Chesapeake Advanced ADHD Training Institute -  to help medical and mental health providers gain a more in-depth knowledge of how best to diagnose and treat ADHD in all of its complex manifestations.

Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., is a member of ADDitude’s ADHD Medical Review Panel.

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