Tim Wilens, MD, Author at Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds

Articles by Tim Wilens, MD

Dr. Timothy Wilens is chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is co-director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also MGH Trustees Chair in Addiction Medicine and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wilens' research interests include the relationship among attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder and substance abuse, as well as the pharmacotherapy of ADHD and juvenile bipolar disorder across the lifespan.

All About ADHD: Behavior, Medication, CBT and More – Shrinking It Down

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October 28, 2021

By Tim Wilens, MD

All About ADHD: Behavior, Medication, CBT and More – Shrinking It Down

Today’s episode of Shrinking It Down is all about ADHD. We revisit some of the most helpful conversations we’ve had with clinical experts about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in kids and teens. First, we talk through what ADHD really is with Dr. Ellen Braaten, including the three different types of ADHD and how the […]

Medications: For Better or Worse? featuring Timothy Wilens, MD – Shrinking It Down

Medications: For Better or Worse? featuring Timothy Wilens, MD – Shrinking It Down">

June 24, 2020

By Tim Wilens, MD

Medications: For Better or Worse? featuring Timothy Wilens, MD – Shrinking It Down

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts. Just search for “Shrinking It Down.” Many parents of kids struggling with a mental health issue have concerns – even fears – about medication as a part of treatment. Will it help? Will it hurt? What are the side effects? Today, Dr. Tim Wilens, chief of the Division of […]

Is It Safe to Use Stimulants to Treat ADHD?

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September 23, 2013

By Tim Wilens, MD

Is It Safe to Use Stimulants to Treat ADHD?

It’s not unusual for parents to bring their kid with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to a child psychiatrist and say: “We really want you to help, but do not want any medications.” What causes someone to say this? It’s not often we would go to a doctor and say, “Take care of me, doc, […]

Articles by Susan Sprich, PhD, Steven Schlozman, MD, Ellen Braaten, PhD, Tim Wilens, MD and Gene Beresin

Articles by Tim Wilens, MD

All About ADHD: Behavior, Medication, CBT and More – Shrinking It Down

Medications: For Better or Worse? featuring Timothy Wilens, MD – Shrinking It Down

Is It Safe to Use Stimulants to Treat ADHD?

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