Understanding Child and Adult ADHD: What you need to know

Dr. Edward Fruitman, board-certified psychiatrist and medical director of Trifecta Health, discusses the differences between child and adult attention deficit disorder (ADD). Originally, ADD diagnosis focused on hyperactivity, requiring symptoms to appear before age 6 and later before age 8. Early diagnostic manuals even depicted hyperactive children, which excluded many adults from qualifying for the diagnosis. Dr. Fruitman explores how this understanding has evolved over time.

0:00 Introduction by Dr. Edward Fruitman
0:10 Child vs. adult attention deficit disorder
0:20 Original ADD diagnosis criteria
0:30 Focus on hyperactivity in children
0:45 Diagnostic manual's depiction of hyperactive children
1:00 Why many adults didn't qualify for ADD diagnosis
1:15 Evolution of ADD understanding