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Dr. Alice Morgan

Clinical Psychologist and Director of Starling Health Collective, Starling Health Collective, Australia

Session was liveFriday 2 October, 03:15–04:00 UK time

Session was liveFriday 2 October, 06:00–06:45 UK time

Session was liveFriday 2 October, 06:45–07:30 UK time

Not a Differential: ADHD and Trauma as a Both/And

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ADHD and trauma substantially overlap at the level of observable symptoms while differing in mechanism, course and treatment response. The two co-occur far more often than a single-diagnosis framing allows, meaning that one is often lost in the quest to diagnose the other - resulting in missed treatment and recovery opportunities. Drawing on current epidemiological, neurobiological and treatment literature, this session examines why ADHD elevates lifetime trauma exposure, what the evidence shows about stimulant pharmacotherapy in the presence of post-traumatic symptoms, and how to assess for both without over-attributing to either. A composite case study anchors the assessment and management discussion.

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Not a Differential: ADHD and Trauma as a Both/And

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Not a Differential: ADHD and Trauma as a Both/And

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Not a Differential: ADHD and Trauma as a Both/And

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About Dr. Alice Morgan

Dr Alice Morgan is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of Starling Health Collective - a private practice and training collective in trauma and clinician resilience. She has extensive experience working with trauma - spanning refugee work and paediatric medical trauma at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne and Great Ormond Street Hospital London, alongside humanitarian roles with MSF, global health fellowships at MCRI and complex trauma work for The Priory, London. Alice has also worked within multidisciplinary developmental assessment teams and now supports clients in her private practice where the two presentations routinely arrive together.

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