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Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.

Associate Director
Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders
Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine

SUMMARY OF BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:

Prof. Brown is a clinical psychologist who received his Ph.D. from Yale University and maintains a private practice in Hamden, CT. specializing in assessment and treatment of high-IQ children, adolescents and adults with ADD and related problems. He is an Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and is Associate Director of the Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders.

Prof. Brown has presented papers, workshops and symposia at national meetings of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Nurse Practitioners, American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, National Assn. of School Psychologists, International Neuropsychological Society, the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association and CHADD. He has also presented workshops at international meetings of professionals in Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Venezuela. For his research and teaching about ADHD Dr. Brown received an award of honor by the National Attention Deficit Disorder Assn. He has been inducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to research and professional education about ADHD in children and adults.

Prof. Brown’s research interests and publications include assessment and treatment of ADDs, especially those without hyperactivity; executive function and memory impairments in ADDs; overlap of ADDs and learning disorders, use of combined medications for ADD comorbidities, and problems of sleep and awakening in ADDs.

He is on the Professional Advisory Board for national CHADD and for the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association. He has published articles in professional journals and is author of the Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scales for Children, Adolescents and Adults published by The Psychological Corporation. He is editor of Attention Deficit Disorders and Comorbidities in Children, Adolescents and Adults, a major text and reference work published by American Psychiatric Press.