How do you approach diagnosing ADHD in patients with significant trauma histories?

It is critical to differentiate significant post-traumatic stress from ADHD. They both present with similar symptoms including anxiety, mood disturbance, emotional dysregulation, hyperactivity, difficulty concentrating and feeling "scattered", impulsivity, and interpersonal difficulties.

As with any...

Many symptoms of ADHD are present in people with severe childhood trauma and dissociation: inattention, distractibility, executive functioning problems, mood shifts, depression, etc. However, people with dissociative disorder, in addition, have problems with identity and memory, and their sense of s...