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1. 0:00 – 0:23

   Why women and girls are underdiagnosed: masking and social expectations

   1. SPSpeaker0:00

      We've let women down in both the diagnostic stage of ADHD, but also in the support that we offer them. We're looking in childhood for very clear symptoms of an impairment with hyperactivity or inattention. Girls are more likely to develop emotional maturity and make efforts to conform to social norms during their childhood. That invites itself for masking to start taking place.

2. 0:23 – 0:34

   Introducing Dr. Yath Ramesh: broad clinical experience across the lifespan

   1. APAlex Partridge0:23

      Dr. Yath Ramesh is an ADHD specialist psychiatrist with a unique twist.

   2. APAlex Partridge0:27

      He's treated people with ADHD from ages eighteen all the way to one hundred.

   3. APAlex Partridge0:31

      So with regards to ADHD, he's seen it all.

3. 0:34 – 0:48

   Fast reward coping and the pathway to addiction

   1. SPSpeaker0:34

      With ADHD, people often gravitate to fast reward, fast feedback mechanisms in order to help cope and regulate your emotions. It could be alcohol, cannabis, shopping, various things that ultimately could lead to an addiction.

4. 0:48 – 0:58

   Questioning downstream risks: quick dopamine, impulsivity, and crime

   1. APAlex Partridge0:48

      Do you think if left unchecked in that propensity to seek the low-hanging fruit, the quick dopamine, can that lead to a dangerous path of crime perhaps for somebody like that?

   2. SPSpeaker0:57

      I think that-

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