ADHD｜Four Organizations Cooperate to Organize 24 Lectures in Focus Week to Discuss the Support Needs of Adult and Female Patients

In response to this year's ADHD Awareness Month in the United States, Let's Talk ADHD and the Hong Kong Association for Epilepsy will co-organize the second Hong Kong ADHD Awareness Week together with the Living Miao Adult Concern Association and New Field Career Planning from the 24th to the 30th of this month.

With the theme of "Live from a New Perspective on ADHD", we will organize a series of online seminars and interactive workshops with international and local ADHD scholars, institutions and organizations, as well as ADHD celebrities and guests, hoping to increase ADHD patients, industry experts and the public. Understanding of ADHD and understanding the latest developments in international treatment.

In response to this year's ADHD Awareness Month in the United States, Let's Talk ADHD and the Hong Kong Association for Epilepsy will co-organize the second Hong Kong ADHD Awareness Week together with the LiveMiao Adult Concern Association and New Field Career Planning from the 24th to 30th of this month.

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About 6.4% of adolescents and 2.5% of adults in Hong Kong suffer from ADHD (deficiency of concentration/hyperactivity disorder), but many people have suitable treatments for adult patients, how to overcome physical and mental, workplace, social and life difficulties, and Female patients don’t know much about how to find assistance.

ADHD Awareness Week in Hong Kong will host a series of online seminars and interactive workshops. The 24 lectures will cover the topics of adult and female patients at work, medical care, employment, emotions, women's rights and family relationships.

Ms. Huo Cailing, founder of Let's talk ADHD, one of the organizers of Hong Kong ADHD Concern Week, expressed that she hopes that the public will understand ADHD from different angles, including ADHD comorbidities, the relationship with epilepsy, the relationship with crime, and the local situation when Hong Kong patients emigrate. Medical facilities and other issues.

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Ms. Huo Cailing, founder of Let's talk ADHD, one of the organizers of Hong Kong ADHD Concern Week, expressed that she hopes that the public will understand ADHD from different angles, including ADHD comorbidities, the relationship with epilepsy, the relationship with crime, and the local situation when Hong Kong patients emigrate. Medical facilities and other issues.

Attention Week’s activities will also explore why it is necessary to separate male and female ADHD issues at the adult, female, and work levels, "because female hormones are sufficient to bring them different effects than men."

Universal values ​​have brought a lot of pressure on women. The organizer will also invite ADHD expert Dr. Yuzhen Wang to share with the public the challenges faced by women and mothers in their family positions. They will also come to the EU Women’s ADHD organization to share and learn how they support female patients. .

Attention Week’s activities will also explore why it is necessary to separate male and female ADHD issues at the adult, female, and work levels.

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The chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Epilepsy, another organizer, Mr. Zhao Kangjie, said that most of the members also suffer from ADHD. More channel awareness and understanding of ADHD.

The organizer also invited registered clinical psychologists, registered educational psychologists and ADHD experts to give lectures on different topics at the same time in physical activities and online.

In order to encourage the public to actively participate in and attend the seminars, this year there will be an additional gift of HK$3,000 to recognize the attendance rate and those who have completed the most questionnaires.

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