The possibility of misdiagnosis of giftedness and ADHD still exists: A response to Mika |
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| Authors: | Jason M Nelson Anne N Rinn D Niall Hartnett |
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| Institution: | 1. Assistant professor of psychology in the School Psychology Program , Eastern Illinois University , E-mail: cfjmn@eiu.edu;2. Assistant professor of psychology , Western Kentucky University , E-mail: anne.rinn@wku.edu;3. Academic advisor in the Department of Psychology , University of Illinois , Chicago E-mail: fluukk@yahoo.com |
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| Abstract: | In a previous article, we provided a review of the literature pertaining to the potential misdilagnosis of giftedness as ADHD, as well as a small‐scale study to illustrate this potential misdiagnosis. In this issue of Roeper Review, Mika provides several criticisms of that paper. In this article, we provide responses to her arguments by discussing the “symptoms” of giftedness; the relationship between ADHD, giftedness, and overexcitabilities; and the diagnosis of ADHD. |
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| Keywords: | counseling gifted intensities overexcitabilities parenting psychosocial teaching |
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