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 healthcare 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 field remains a hodgepodge of approaches.

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

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

Heighten public awareness of clinical practice guidelines, expert consensus, and “best practices” by working with the media, which informs the public.
Provide continuing medical education presentations around the country to clinicians about the importance of evidence-based medicine for adults with ADHD.
Combat misinformation about ADHD and provide information on the diagnostic process for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Promote the collaborative patient-clinician relationship in determining the best course of treatment for an individual patient.
Highlight the concerns of the FDA, DEA, and HHS about inappropriate controlled drug stimulant prescriptions to those patients who received inadequate evaluations, inaccurate diagnoses, and inappropriate and unnecessary ADHD prescriptions.
Disseminate research, clinical evidence, and useful tools for adult ADHD diagnosis and treatment to health care providers, patients and families, insurers, policymakers, advocacy organizations, and the general public.

The eventual publication of a set of adult ADHD guidelines in the U.S. and the development of specialty “tool kits” will ensure that patients receive consistently high-quality care from their providers across the United States, regardless of where treatment is provided. The increased use of telemedicine for mental health services demonstrates the tremendous need of people around the country. While access to care has been increased by telemedicine, 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 clinical practice and ethical guidelines established by the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and other professional healthcare provider organizations.

Why Donate?

With so much miscommunication on diagnosing and treating ADHD, we, together, with your donation, can advance the care with research-based, clinically informed guidance. We are a U.S.-based, private, nonprofit foundation that supports the development and publication of clinical practice guidance and tools for providers of ADHD care for adults

100% of every donated dollar will be invested in research grants for this project. Our operating expenses are covered by separate foundation grants from the ADHDWorldFoundation.

With donors and advocates such as you, we are proud to have exceeded our fundraising goal of $100,000 for this mission to promote the need for clinical practice guidance to clinicians around this country. With our deep appreciation for our donors and the positive feedback for our efforts, we now have the traction needed to expand our voice. And every single donation from individuals like you will get us there. Without the United States' adult ADHD evidence-based guidance and standard of care for healthcare providers, the field remains adrift with ineffective and unproven approaches. Misinformation (inaccurate information) and disinformation (information deliberately undermining patients’ pursuit of evidence-based diagnosis and treatment) continue to keep people from seeking a diagnosis and treatment that can transform their lives, relationships, and self-confidence.

My ADHD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with donations directed to a donor-advised fund.

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 ADHD products.

When you click the Donate button, 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, M.D.
Founder and Director, ADHD World Foundation

About David W. Goodman, M.D.

David W. Goodman, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the New York State University in Syracuse. 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 750 lectures nationally and internationally to primary care physicians, psychiatrists, medical specialists, and the public. His invited lectures have been featured at the World Federation for ADHD in Amsterdam and Prague, the Australasian ADHD Professionals Association in Sydney, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC, the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance in Toronto, and the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders in Washington, DC., and the American Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry, Atlanta.

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, Washington Post, USA Weekend Magazine, Boston Globe, BusinessWeek, The Atlantic Magazine, Bloomberg.com) and radio interviews around the country.

Dr. Goodman has been an ADHD consultant for Major League Baseball and is now a consultant to the National Football League and the World Anti-Doping Agency. As a consultant and clinician, he has evaluated and treated athletes from Division I colleges to Olympic-level athletes. He was a member of the executive committee for the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), and a former national board 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 of the largest adult ADHD trial published and the lead author of the largest survey assessment of physician clinical practice for adults with ADHD. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and 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.

As you see, Dr. David W. Goodman has committed his entire professional career to advancing the education, advocacy, and treatment of ADHD in adults. After treating thousands of patients, he and ADHD experts want to address the unmet and critical need to determine a standard of care for the accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of ADHD in adults in this country. Dissemination and education of clinicians is the goal to ensure that patients receive the best level of care.

With your donation, you will help us accomplish this critical goal.

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