Dr. Patricia Quinn is a developmental pediatrician in the
Washington, D.C. area. A graduate of the Georgetown University
Medical School, she specializes in child development and psychopharmacology.
Dr. Quinn has worked for over 30 years in the areas of ADD
(ADHD) and learning disabilities. She gives workshops nationwide
and has appeared on Lifetime TV's New Attitudes, the
PBS show, To the Contrary, and recently on Good
Morning America discussing the issue of girls and women
with ADD. Dr. Quinn appeared in the video aired on PBS titled,
OUTSIDE IN: A Look at Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder.
She also produced and appears in another well-received video,
ADD: Transition to College - Passport to Success for
the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association.
Dr. Quinn is the author of several books on ADD (ADHD).
These include the best-selling book, Putting on the Brakes:
A Young People's Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder for children in the 8 to 12 year
old group, the companion workbook, The "Putting on
the Brakes" Activity Book for Young People with ADD (ADHD),
and The Best of Brakes Activity Book. She is editor
of ADD and the College Student: A Guide for High School
and College Students with ADD and author of Adolescence
and ADD: Gaining the Advantage. Her books, ATTENTION
DEFICIT DISORDER: Diagnosis and Treatment from Infancy to
Adulthood and Voices from Fatherhood: Fathers, Sons,
and ADHD have been well received.
For the last decade, Dr. Quinn has devoted her attention
professionally to the issues confronting girls and women with
ADD (ADHD). Her 1999 book, Understanding Girls with ADHD,
was co-authored with Drs. Nadeau and Littman and is groundbreaking
in its presentation of this population. She was also co-editor
of ADDvance: A Magazine for Women with ADD and is co-founder
and currently the director of the non-profit organization,
The National Center for Gender Issues and ADHD. In
2002, Dr. Quinn co-edited with her partner, Dr. Nadeau, two
volumes on these important topics, Understanding Women
with ADHD and the only text for clinicians, Gender
Issues and ADHD: Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Dr. Quinn lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and
four children, three of whom have ADD (ADHD). She may be contacted
by calling or faxing 202-966-1561. All of her books may be
ordered through Advantage Books by calling (toll free)
888-238-8588.
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