Mental or Inner Restlessness and ADHD
Russell Barkley, PhD - Dedicated to ADHD Science+
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This channel is dedicated to disseminating the science about ADHD. It is based on Dr. Barkley's 45 years of clinical practice, research, and teaching and his many books and scientific papers. In 2023, he was named by Research.com as the 37th most influential researcher in the US and 65th in the world in terms of the impact of his research on psychological science as attested to by how often his research is cited by others. He has recently retired. In anticipation of his retirement, he has created videos of more than 30 hours of his lectures that have been posted here for laypeople and professionals alike. Although the initial videos posted here are in their original length as given at conferences, most videos have now been broken down into shorter segments, numbered sequentially, and organized into playlists for ease of viewing. PLEASE NOTE: DR. BARKLEY CANNOT GIVE ADVICE TO PERSONAL QUESTIONS FOR ETHICAL REASONS. His website is russellbarkley.org. Subscribe Now
Video Description
00:00 Introduction 00:56 Definition of this symptom 02:23 History of it in ADHD and relationship to child hyperactivity 04:50 Lisa Weyandt’s work on developing a rating scale for inner restlessness and its correlates 06:43 Differences from pressured speech and flights of ideas on psychosis and mania 07:43 Possible neurological basis for mental (and physical) restlessness 09:32 Nielsen’s thesis that ADHD generally and restlessness specifically arise from impaired sense of time 10:54 How this symptom could arise from Barkley’s theory of executive functioning and ADHD 17:26 Conclusions One aspect of adult ADHD that is often commented upon by them yet receives scant research attention is the symptom of mental or inner restlessness. This short video provides some background information on this important symptom and discusses my view of how this symptom arises from the more overt motor restlessness and excessive verbiage of children with ADHD based on my theory of executive functioning. References: Palmer, E. & Finger, S. (2001). An Early Description of ADHD (Inattentive Subtype): Dr Alexander Crichton and ‘Mental Restlessness’ (1798). Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review: Volume 6, Issue 2, 50-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-3588.00324 L. Weyandt et al. (2003). The Internal Restlessness Scale: Performance of College Students With and Without ADHD. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34 (4). https://doi.org/10.1177/00222194030360040801 S. Schepman, L. Weyandt, et al. (2010). The Relationship Between ADHD Symptomology and Decision Making. Journal of Attention Disorders, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054710372496 Soros, P. et al. (2019). Hyperactivity/restlessness is associated with increased functional connectivity in adults with ADHD: a dimensional analysis of resting state fMRI. BMC Psychiatry, Vol. 19. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2031-9 M. Nielsen (2017). ADHD and Temporality: A Desynchronized Way of Being in the World. Medical Anthropology, 36 (3). https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2016.1274750 Biederman, J. et al. (2017). Towards operationalizing internal distractibility (Mind Wandering) in adults with ADHD. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 29(6). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/acta-neuropsychiatrica/article/abs/towards-operationalising-internal-distractibility-mind-wandering-in-adults-with-adhd/C7A96E7099A0ECA2573338EFDA75FF18 Barkley, R. A. (2012). The Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved. New York: Guilford Publications.
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