Beyond Distractions: How PAs Can Lead ADHD Treatment and Advocacy
As ADHD Awareness Month brings attention to the complexities of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Mercedes Dodge, MPAS, PA-C, CAQ-Psychiatry, offers insight into how PAs can lead with compassionate, evidence-based care.
Dodge, a Board Certified PA practicing child and adolescent psychiatry across multiple states, emphasizes that ADHD is not simply about distraction, but a neurodevelopmental condition rooted in executive function.
“ADHD is fundamentally about executive function, the brain’s system for planning, organizing, regulating emotions, sustaining attention and exercising self-control,” Dodge said.