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Attention Magazine October 2026

No One Learns Everything About Friendship in Kindergarten

Caroline Maguire, MEd, ACCG, PCC

CONNECTION MATTERS




Revisiting Teach Me ADHD

Mark Katz, PhD

PROMISING PRACTICES




Romantic Relationships and Adult ADHD

Sarah Arnold, MA, and Yuanyuan Jiang, PhD, CPsych

RESEARCH BRIEFS




From a Few Parents to a Massive National Voice

Jeremy Didier, LSCSW, LMAC, ADHD-CCSP and Jane Indergaard, DNP, RN

In honor of ADHD Awareness Month, we share highlights of the story of how nearly forty years of CHADD advocacy changed life with ADHD.




“Everybody Has ADHD!” Really?

Katherine McGavern

We still need to change some conversations about ADHD—and be ready for new ones.




ADHD Care Improves When Providers and Schools Connect

Jami Demuth, MAT

New research reveals gaps in ADHD care coordination and points to training that can help close them.




Should ADHD Be Treated If Your Teen Is Using Cannabis? What Parents Need to Know

Ryan Sultan, MD

It’s natural to wonder whether medication treatment could be problematic. Here’s what you need to know.




One of the Missing Girls of ADHD

Kim Holderness

Girls who were inattentive, anxious, chatty, disorganized, or quietly drowning in their own heads didn’t fit the model. So we weren’t diagnosed. We grew up believing the problem was our character, not our wiring. The shame gets quieter every time I choose to see my own story differently, every time I let this diagnosis explain me instead of define me.




ADHD and Black Women: Simone’s Story

Lia Richards-Palmiter, PhD, ABPP

Simone’s story is a cautionary tale regarding the cross-section of ADHD, gender, and race.




Menopause, ADHD, and the Nervous System

Natalie Rivans

Menopause education matters because women with ADHD can stop interpreting every struggle as a personal failing and start looking for the support they actually need.




A Guide for the Perplexed ADHD Consumer

David Palmiter, PhD, ABPP

How can you evaluate all those claims you encounter about ADHD evaluation and treatment?