How trauma informed care could help identify and treat ADHD
Many things can contribute to what we understand as ‘trauma’. For many, adverse childhood experiences (ACE's), whether this be neglect, abuse, a particularly bad split or divorce, a parent with an addiction or mental illness, can all lead to developing some kind of trauma disorder later on in life. ADHD is understood as a developmental neurodiverse disorder, but can trauma inform how we identify and treat it from an earlier age?
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