Adult ADHD - ADHD World Foundation Fund

This fund will support the mission of ADHD World Foundation.

Welcome to ADHD World Foundation

 

ADHD World Foundation was established to fund and disseminate the world’s literature on ADHD for health care providers, patients and families, and policy makers. A current glaring omission in the United States is the absence of research-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults.

While the international ADHD research community has published adult ADHD diagnostic and treatment guidelines, adult ADHD experts in the U.S. have yet to publish such guidelines. Without such guidelines, the patient care remains a hodgepodge of approaches.

Another omission on the landscape of ADHD are those adults over age 50. International research clearly demonstrates that ADHD is a lifelong disorder and older adults are not identified, diagnosed or treated appropriately. 

ADHD World Foundation plans to provide support and funding in collaboration with national and international adult ADHD experts (clinicians, researchers, patient/family advocates, and social influencers) to:

  1. develop U.S. guidelines,

  2. publish guidelines in a U.S. scientific journal, and

  3. disseminate guidelines to health care providers, patients and families, insurers, policy makers, advocacy organizations and the general public.

The publication of adult ADHD guidelines will ensure that patients receive a consistently high quality of care from their providers across the United States regardless of where treatment is provided. The increase use of telemedicine for mental health services demonstrates the tremendous need by people around the country. While telemedicine has increased access to care, it has complicated the delivery of mental health care especially in adult ADHD.

Regardless of where care is delivered (in-person, online, on the phone, etc.), the principles of treatment should follow standards of care and ethical guidelines established by the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and other professional health care provider organizations.

ADHD World Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Why Donate?

There is so much miscommunication about the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. With your donation, we, together, can advance the care with research-based, clinically influenced guidelines. We are the only U.S. non-profit foundation supporting the development and publication of these guidelines.

Without United States adult ADHD guidelines providing guidance to health care providers, the field remains adrift with ineffective and unproven approaches. Misinformation (inaccurate information) and disinformation (information deliberately undermining patients’ pursuit of research founded diagnosis and treatment) continue to keep people from seeking a diagnosis and treatment that can transform their lives, relationships, and self-confidence.

We are pleased that donors have recognized our vision. We anticipate that fund-raising will launch this project to cover literature reviews, collaboration of experts, scientific writing, and publication submission. A donation from you will support and fund research and administrative assistance. 

Donations to the ADHD World Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. The ADHD World Foundation does not accept funding from the pharmaceutical industry or companies with commercial products for the diagnosis or treatment of ADHD.

When you fill out the form below, you will notice the donation goes through the Upstate Foundation website. ALL your donation dollars come to the ADHD World Foundation.

Thank you for your consideration in helping support this critical goal.

David W. Goodman, MD
Founder and Director, ADHD World Foundation

 

David W. Goodman MD is an Assistant Professional of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Clinical Associate Professional of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at New York State University Medical School. He is also Director of the Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Center of Maryland and Director of Suburban Psychiatric Associates, LLC. After completing his psychiatric residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, he has continued to teach psychiatric residents at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for 35+ years.

Dr. Goodman has presented over 600 lectures national and internationally to primary care physicians, psychiatrists, medical specialists and the public. His psychiatric commentary has been featured on national (ABC World News, CNN Anderson Cooper 360, ESPN Sports Center, National Public Radio) and regional television around the country, PBS and national affiliate stations, national magazines (U.S. News and World Report, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Magazine, Washington Post, USA Weekend Magazine, Boston Globe, BusinessWeek, The Atlantic) and radio interviews around the country.

Dr. Goodman has been an ADHD consultant to Major League Baseball and World Anti-Doping Agency and is now a consultant to the National Football League. As a consultant, he has evaluated and treated athletes from Division 1 colleges to the Olympic level athletes. He was Secretary and now Treasurer for the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), co-chair of the APSARD Education Committee, and a former Board of Directors member now a consultant to the Children and Adults with ADHD Association (CHADD).

Dr. Goodman has been a Principal Investigator for multi-site Phase II and III drug trials for the treatment of adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Dr. Goodman is the lead author on the largest adult ADHD trial published and the lead author on the largest survey assessment of physician clinical practice for adults with ADHD. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored four book chapters and The Black Book of ADHD. He has served as a prepublication peer reviewer for several national and international psychiatric journals. In the course of 30+ years, he has presented hundreds of lectures to tens of thousands of clinicians on a broad range of ADHD topics.

Dr. David Goodman has committed his entire professional career to advance the research, education, advocacy, and treatment of ADHD in adults. After treating thousand of patients, he and his colleagues want to address the unmet and critical need for published U.S. research-based guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults in this country. With your donation, you will help us accomplish this critical goal.