When assessing a child for ADHD, doctors may diagnose the child with one of three ADHD subtypes:
Inattentive
Hyperactive-impulsive
Combined
In this video, learn more about the characteristics of each subtype of ADHD, according to Susan Samuels, MD, Psychiatrist at New York- Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine.
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Yamalis Diaz, PhD
Dr. Diaz is a psychologist at NYU Langone Health.
Khadijah Watkins, MD, MPH, FAPA, DFAACAP
Dr. Watkins is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she's the Associate Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and was previously the Associate Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
Susan Samuels, MD
Dr. Samuels is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
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Brittany Doohan was the Content Director at HealthiNation and is currently the Editorial Director at Medscape. Through her work with Medscape, she won a Silver Telly Award in May 2022 for "Sleepless Nation: A Public Health Epidemic — Episode 2: A Decade Without a Diagnosis." She has worked in health journalism and video production for more than 8 years, and loves the challenge of explaining complex topics in an easy-to-understand and creative way.
Karen Hovav, MD, FAAP, has more than 15 years of experience as an attending pediatrician. She has worked in a large academic center in an urban city, a small community hospital, a private practice, and an urgent care clinic.
