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Subscribe to Clinical Compass™ Volume 5, Supplement 1 - September 14, 2010

Special Compass Points™ Supplement
for ADHD Awareness Week

September 13-17, 2010, is ADHD Awareness Week. Four national organizations – ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO), Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), ADDitude magazine, and Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) – are issuing a joint call to the public to assist children, adults, and families who are affected by ADHD. As a service to our readers, the Medical Resources Group at CME Outfitters has prepared a special supplemental Compass Points™ article to call attention to this occasion by sharing practice pearls from some of the leading experts who have served as faculty for our ADHD CME activities.

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Compass Points

Our Contribution to ADHD Awareness Week

Studies have shown that people with ADHD have higher rates of academic and work difficulties, social problems, and comorbid psychiatric conditions than people without ADHD. These factors and others contribute to diminished quality of life for affected patients. Recognizing symptoms, applying the DSM diagnostic criteria, and unraveling the complex situations of real-world patients are often serious challenges to clinicians...

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Compass Questions™

Your responses to this issue's Compass Questions™ will be added to an ongoing needs assessment for educational programming in this important area. Responses to this issue's questions will be reported in an upcoming issue.

Question #1
BEFORE reading this article, how frequently DID YOU assess for impairment across 2 or more settings (i.e., school/work, home, social) during the initial patient evaluation for ADHD?
Always
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
N/A – This is not my role

Question #2
AFTER reading this article, how frequently WILL YOU NOW assess for impairment across 2 or more settings (i.e., school/work, home, social) during the initial patient evaluation for ADHD?
Always
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
N/A – This is not my role

Question #3
BEFORE reading this article, how frequently DID YOU assess for common ADHD comorbidities during the initial patient evaluation for ADHD?
Always
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
N/A – This is not my role

Question #4
AFTER reading this article, how frequently WILL YOU NOW assess for common ADHD comorbidities during the initial patient evaluation for ADHD?
Always
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
N/A – This is not my role

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September 28, 2010
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