:Russell Barkley

Russell Alan Barkley was born in Newburgh, New York. He was one of five children, born to US Air Force Colonel Donald Stuart Barkley (27 February 1916 – 15 June 1999) and Mildred Minerva née Terbush (10 September 1914 – 25 April 2008). Barkley served in the United States Air Force from 1968 to 1972, including a tour of duty in Vietnam.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Russell A. Barkley - Dedicated to Education and Research on ADHD |url=https://www.russellbarkley.org/about.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=www.russellbarkley.org}} He had a fraternal twin brother, Ronald Foster Barkley,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSFVAQAAQBAJ&q=to+my+twin+brother%2C+ronald+f.+barkley&pg=PT7|title=Your Defiant Teen, Second Edition: 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship|first1=Russell A.|last1=Barkley|first2=Arthur L.|last2=Robin|date=17 October 2013|publisher=Guilford Publications|via=Google Books|isbn=9781462513017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/9673.html |title=Adult ADHD: Driving Under the Influence...of Attention Deficit |access-date=2014-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315173352/http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/9673.html |archive-date=2014-03-15 |url-status=live |date=2012-08-03 }} who was killed in a car crash on 24 July 2006. Barkley attributes his brother's history of dangerous and reckless behavior, including not wearing a seat belt and speeding at the time of his crash, to untreated ADHD.{{cite web|url=https://www.adhdrewired.com/russell-barkley-meaning-of-adhd/|title=Russell Barkley on the Meaning of ADHD – ADHD reWired|date=12 May 2015|publisher=}} Ronald was several times over the legal alcohol limit, speeding and not wearing a seat belt at the time of his fatal crash.ADHD Nation – Schwarz (2016).

Barkley earned an Associate of Arts from Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina in June 1972, and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[http://www.cdarchimede.it/images/pdf/curriculum-vitae-prof-barkley2.pdf VITA Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221538/http://www.cdarchimede.it/images/pdf/curriculum-vitae-prof-barkley2.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} He earned an MA and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.{{cite news |url=http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/psychiatry/education/continuinged/GrandRounds/Bios_Obj_12-13/Barkley.htm |title=Russell A. Barkley, PhD |access-date=2014-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125125/http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/psychiatry/education/continuinged/GrandRounds/Bios_Obj_12-13/Barkley.htm |archive-date=2014-04-13 |url-status=live |last1=Norfleet |first1=Caitlin }} From July 1976 to 1977, Barkley was an intern at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center in Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|url=http://www.webmd.com/content/biography/8/95770|title=Russell A. Barkley, PhD|publisher=}}

On the political spectrum, Barkley identifies as a libertarian, having been initially influenced by the scholarly writings of the Austrian School of Economics.{{Cite web |title=Featured Author - Russell A. Barkley |url=https://www.guilford.com/featured-author/may-2020-barkley |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Guilford Press |language=en-US}}

In 1977, Barkley began his professional career at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Children's Hospital, where in 1978, he founded the Neuropsychology Service and served as its chief until 1985. He then moved to the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he served as Director of Psychology from 1985 to 2000. Barkley was professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.Michael Richardson, [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/04/news/04iht-cane.html "Suicide Risk in Caning, U.S. Doctor Warns"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306203558/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/04/news/04iht-cane.html |date=2016-03-06 }}, The New York Times, May 4, 1994.{{cite web |url=http://www.russellbarkley.org/about.html |title=About Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. |access-date=2014-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716093957/http://www.russellbarkley.org/about.html |archive-date=2014-07-16 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/psychiatry/education/continuinged/GrandRounds/Bios_Obj_12-13/Barkley.htm |title=Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. |access-date=2014-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125125/http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/psychiatry/education/continuinged/GrandRounds/Bios_Obj_12-13/Barkley.htm |archive-date=2014-04-13 |url-status=live |last1=Norfleet |first1=Caitlin }} In 2005, he joined the State University of New York Upstate Medical University (SUNY) in Syracuse, New York, where he was a consultant and research professor of psychiatry.John Leland, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/fashion/thursdaystyles/12INDIGO.html "Are They Here to Save the World?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218011450/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/fashion/thursdaystyles/12INDIGO.html |date=2015-02-18 }} The New York Times, January 12, 2006.Melissa Healy, [https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2011-may-15-la-he-ritalin-q-a-20110515-story.html "ADHD and Ritalin: Revisiting patients"], Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2011. He taught at the Medical University of South Carolina from 2003 to 2016 and then moved to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, where he taught in the Department of Psychiatry until 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.russellbarkley.org/about.html|title=Russell A Barkley, PhD|website=www.russellbarkley.org}}{{Primary source inline|date=December 2020}}

Until 2022, he served as president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (Division 12) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a fellow of the APA.{{Cite web |title=VITA Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. |url=http://www.assp-padova.it/images/pdf/curriculum-vitae-prof-barkley2.pdf |website=www.assp-padova.it}}

Barkley led the first International Consensus Statement on ADHD.{{Cite web |title=International Consensus Statement on ADHD January 2002 |url=https://www.russellbarkley.org/factsheets/Consensus2002.pdf |website=www.russellbarkley.org}} He is known for his research contributions{{Cite web |title=ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation |url=https://www.adhdevidence.org/blog/adhd-emotional-dysregulation |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.adhdevidence.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lG2w3PAAAAAJ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=scholar.google.com}}{{Cite web |title=Russell Barkley, Ph.D.: Honoring ADHD Author and Expert |url=https://www.additudemag.com/russell-barkley-adhd-author-expert/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.additudemag.com|date=17 December 2021 }}{{Cite web |title=Dr. Russell Barkley |url=https://learningcenter.unc.edu/services/ldadhd-services/burnett-seminars/dr-russell-barkley/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Learning Center |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |last1=Faraone |first1=Stephen V. |last2=Rostain |first2=Anthony L. |last3=Blader |first3=Joseph |last4=Busch |first4=Betsy |last5=Childress |first5=Ann C. |last6=Connor |first6=Daniel F. |last7=Newcorn |first7=Jeffrey H. |date=February 2019 |title=Practitioner Review: Emotional dysregulation in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder – implications for clinical recognition and intervention |url=|journal=Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry |language=en |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=133–150 |doi=10.1111/jcpp.12899 |pmid=29624671 |issn=0021-9630}} including multiple papers from his longitudinal study in Milwaukee, Wisconsin;{{Cite web |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/24338/chapter-abstract/187177789?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=2024-03-29 |journal=Oxford Medicine Online|date=2016 |doi=10.1093/med/9780190213589.003.0004 |last1=Barkley |first1=Russell A. |last2=Fischer |first2=Mariellen |title=The Milwaukee Longitudinal Study of Hyperactive (ADHD) Children }}{{Cite journal |last1=Barkley |first1=Russell A. |last2=Fischer |first2=Mariellen |date=July 2019 |title=Hyperactive Child Syndrome and Estimated Life Expectancy at Young Adult Follow-Up: The Role of ADHD Persistence and Other Potential Predictors |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1087054718816164 |journal=Journal of Attention Disorders |language=en |volume=23 |issue=9 |pages=907–923 |doi=10.1177/1087054718816164 |pmid=30526189 |issn=1087-0547|url-access=subscription }} the persistence of ADHD into adulthood;{{Cite journal |last1=Kessler |first1=Ronald C. |last2=Adler |first2=Lenard |last3=Barkley |first3=Russell |last4=Biederman |first4=Joseph |last5=Conners |first5=C. Keith |last6=Demler |first6=Olga |last7=Faraone |first7=Stephen V. |last8=Greenhill |first8=Laurence L. |last9=Howes |first9=Mary J. |last10=Secnik |first10=Kristina |last11=Spencer |first11=Thomas |last12=Ustun |first12=T. Bedirhan |last13=Walters |first13=Ellen E. |last14=Zaslavsky |first14=Alan M. |date=April 2006 |title=The Prevalence and Correlates of Adult ADHD in the United States: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication |journal=American Journal of Psychiatry |volume=163 |issue=4 |pages=716–723 |doi=10.1176/ajp.2006.163.4.716 |pmid=16585449 |issn=0002-953X|pmc=2859678 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Barkley |first1=Russell A. |last2=Fischer |first2=Mariellen |last3=Smallish |first3=Lori |last4=Fletcher |first4=Kenneth |date=May 2002 |title=The persistence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder into young adulthood as a function of reporting source and definition of disorder |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12003449/ |journal=Journal of Abnormal Psychology |volume=111 |issue=2 |pages=279–289 |doi=10.1037/0021-843X.111.2.279 |issn=0021-843X |pmid=12003449}}{{Cite book |last1=Barkley |first1=Russell A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4BI0OAbz054C&dq=info:rCsMeT8K7S4J:scholar.google.com&pg=PR1 |title=ADHD in Adults: What the Science Says |last2=Murphy |first2=Kevin R. |last3=Fischer |first3=Mariellen |date=2010-11-01 |publisher=Guilford Press |isbn=978-1-60918-075-1 |language=en}} his development of a theory of ADHD as a disorder of executive functioning and self-regulation;{{Cite journal |last=Barkley |first=Russell A. |date=January 1997 |title=Behavioral inhibition, sustained attention, and executive functions: constructing a unifying theory of ADHD |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9000892/ |journal=Psychological Bulletin |volume=121 |issue=1 |pages=65–94 |doi=10.1037/0033-2909.121.1.65 |issn=0033-2909 |pmid=9000892}}{{Citation |last1=Antshel |first1=Kevin M. |title=Executive Functioning Theory and ADHD |date=2014 |work=Handbook of Executive Functioning |pages=107–120 |editor-last=Goldstein |editor-first=Sam |url=|place=New York, NY |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4614-8106-5_7 |isbn=978-1-4614-8106-5 |last2=Hier |first2=Bridget O. |last3=Barkley |first3=Russell A. |editor2-last=Naglieri |editor2-first=Jack A.}} establishing the nature of emotional dysregulation in ADHD;{{Cite journal |last1=Barkley |first1=R. |last2=Murphy |first2=K. |last3=Robison |first3=Reid J. |last4=Reimherr |first4=F. |last5=Marchant |first5=Barrie K. |last6=Kondo |first6=D. |last7=Coon |first7=H. |last8=Rosen |first8=Paul |last9=Epstein |first9=J. |date=2010 |title=Emotional Self-Regulation in Adults With Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder ( ADHD ) : The Relative Contributions of Emotional Impulsiveness and ADHD Symptoms to Adaptive Impairments in Major Life Activities |s2cid=17568892 }} early research on family interaction patterns in ADHD children;{{Cite journal |last1=Barkley |first1=Russell A. |last2=Anastopoulos |first2=Arthur D. |last3=Guevremont |first3=David C. |last4=Fletcher |first4=Kenneth E. |date=1992-06-01 |title=Adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Mother-adolescent interactions, family beliefs and conflicts, and maternal psychopathology |url=|journal=Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology |language=en |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=263–288 |doi=10.1007/BF00916692 |pmid=1619134 |issn=1573-2835}} his more recent studies on the nature of ADHD in adults;{{Cite journal |last1=Barkley |first1=Russell A. |last2=Murphy |first2=Kevin R. |date=2011-06-01 |title=The Nature of Executive Function (EF) Deficits in Daily Life Activities in Adults with ADHD and Their Relationship to Performance on EF Tests |url=|journal=Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment |language=en |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=137–158 |doi=10.1007/s10862-011-9217-x |issn=1573-3505}} initially researching the effects of stimulant medication;{{Cite journal |last=Barkley |first=Russell A. |date=1976-12-01 |title=Predicting the response of hyperkinetic children to stimulant drugs: A review |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00922531 |journal=Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology |language=en |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=327–348 |doi=10.1007/BF00922531 |pmid=794087 |issn=1573-2835|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Barkley |first=Russell A. |date=April 1977 |title=A Review of Stimulant Drug Research With Hyperactive Children |url=https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1977.tb00425.x |journal=Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry |language=en |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=137–165 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7610.1977.tb00425.x |pmid=326801 |issn=0021-9630|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Barkley |first1=Russell A. |last2=Koplowitz |first2=Seth |last3=Anderson |first3=Tamara |last4=McMurray |first4=Mary B. |date=July 1997 |title=Sense of time in children with ADHD: Effects of duration, distraction, and stimulant medication |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-neuropsychological-society/article/abs/sense-of-time-in-children-with-adhd-effects-of-duration-distraction-and-stimulant-medication/84F9BB283F0723652F54BF451691440A |journal=Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society |language=en |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=359–369 |doi=10.1017/S1355617797003597 |pmid=9260445 |issn=1469-7661|url-access=subscription }} early intervention for children at risk for ADHD;{{Cite journal |last1=Sonuga-Barke |first1=Edmund JS |last2=Koerting |first2=Johanna |last3=Smith |first3=Elizabeth |last4=McCann |first4=Donna C |last5=Thompson |first5=Margaret |date=April 2011 |title=Early detection and intervention for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |url=https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/2084124|journal=Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics |language=en |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=557–563 |doi=10.1586/ern.11.39 |pmid=21469928 |issn=1473-7175|hdl=1854/LU-2084124 |hdl-access=free }} training parents to manage ADHD and defiant behavior;{{Cite book |last=Barkley |first=Russell A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XbZzrNOSZZYC&dq=barkley+training+parents+to+manage+defiant+behavior&pg=PP1 |title=Defiant Children: A Clinician's Manual for Assessment and Parent Training |date=2013-03-21 |publisher=Guilford Press |isbn=978-1-4625-0950-8 |language=en}} the pervasiveness of impairments and long-term risks associated with ADHD;{{Cite journal |vauthors=Barkley RA, Murphy KR |date=2011-06-01 |title=The Nature of Executive Function (EF) Deficits in Daily Life Activities in Adults with ADHD and Their Relationship to Performance on EF Tests |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-011-9217-x |journal=Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment |language=en |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=137–158 |doi=10.1007/s10862-011-9217-x |issn=1573-3505|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |vauthors=Barkley RA, Fischer M |date=July 2019 |title=Hyperactive Child Syndrome and Estimated Life Expectancy at Young Adult Follow-Up: The Role of ADHD Persistence and Other Potential Predictors |journal=Journal of Attention Disorders |volume=23 |issue=9 |pages=907–923 |doi=10.1177/1087054718816164 |pmid=30526189 |s2cid=54472439}} and the nature of cognitive disengagement syndrome.{{Cite journal |last1=Becker |first1=Stephen P. |last2=Willcutt |first2=Erik G. |last3=Leopold |first3=Daniel R. |last4=Fredrick |first4=Joseph W. |last5=Smith |first5=Zoe R. |last6=Jacobson |first6=Lisa A. |last7=Burns |first7=G. Leonard |last8=Mayes |first8=Susan D. |last9=Waschbusch |first9=Daniel A. |last10=Froehlich |first10=Tanya E. |last11=McBurnett |first11=Keith |last12=Servera |first12=Mateu |last13=Barkley |first13=Russell A. |date=June 2023 |title=Report of a Work Group on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Key Research Directions and a Consensus Change in Terminology to Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=62 |issue=6 |pages=629–645 |doi=10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.821 |issn=1527-5418 |pmc=9943858 |pmid=36007816}}

He has given more than 800 invited lectures in more than 30 countries during his career, as part of his effort to disseminate science.{{Cite web |title=Russell A. Barkley {{!}} Professor of Psychiatry {{!}} PESI.com |url=https://catalog.pesi.co.uk/speaker/russell-barkley-7317/18 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=catalog.pesi.co.uk |language=en-US}} Barkley founded and edited The ADHD Report, a peer-reviewed journal for clinicians and parents, until its 30th and final volume in 2022.{{cite web |date= |title=The ADHD Report |url=https://www.guilford.com/journals/The-ADHD-Report/Russell-Barkley/10658025 |access-date=2020-01-18 |publisher=Guilford.com}} He has performed his forever last invited public lecture at the Centro Archimede Medical Centre, where he discussed ADHD, CDS and related topics, in Italy, September 30, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Convegno Internazionale, Padova 30/09/2023 – Archimede |url=https://www.cdarchimede.it/convegno-internazionale-padova-30-09-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.cdarchimede.it}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I3NqwZbcWg |title=Hoarding Behavior/Disorder & ADHD - Part 1: How often are they seen together? |language=en |access-date=2024-04-21 |via=www.youtube.com}}

Besides his books, he has published six clinical rating scales related to ADHD, executive functioning, and impairment and clinical manuals for diagnosis and treatment.https://www.psychiatrist.com/read-pdf/8147/{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0J0gBQAAQBAJ&dq=info:myOuhpPd_MsJ:scholar.google.com&pg=PP1 | title=Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Fourth Edition: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment | isbn=978-1-4625-1772-5 | last1=Barkley | first1=Russell A. | date=17 October 2014 | publisher=Guilford Publications }} One of Barkley's rating scales for adult ADHD evaluates CDS,{{Cite journal |last1=Becker |first1=Stephen P. |last2=Willcutt |first2=Erik G. |last3=Leopold |first3=Daniel R. |last4=Fredrick |first4=Joseph W. |last5=Smith |first5=Zoe R. |last6=Jacobson |first6=Lisa A. |last7=Burns |first7=G. Leonard |last8=Mayes |first8=Susan D. |last9=Waschbusch |first9=Daniel A. |last10=Froehlich |first10=Tanya E. |last11=McBurnett |first11=Keith |last12=Servera |first12=Mateu |last13=Barkley |first13=Russell A. |date=June 2023 |title=Report of a Work Group on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Key Research Directions and a Consensus Change in Terminology to Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome |url=|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=62 |issue=6 |pages=629–645 |doi=10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.821 |pmid=36007816 |issn=0890-8567|pmc=9943858 }} a distinct syndrome from ADHD.{{Cite journal |last1=Becker |first1=Stephen P. |last2=Willcutt |first2=Erik G. |last3=Leopold |first3=Daniel R. |last4=Fredrick |first4=Joseph W. |last5=Smith |first5=Zoe R. |last6=Jacobson |first6=Lisa A. |last7=Burns |first7=G. Leonard |last8=Mayes |first8=Susan D. |last9=Waschbusch |first9=Daniel A. |last10=Froehlich |first10=Tanya E. |last11=McBurnett |first11=Keith |last12=Servera |first12=Mateu |last13=Barkley |first13=Russell A. |date=2023-06-01 |title=Report of a Work Group on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Key Research Directions and a Consensus Change in Terminology to Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=62 |issue=6 |pages=629–645 |doi=10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.821 |issn=0890-8567|doi-access=free |pmid=36007816 |pmc=9943858 }}

{{See|Management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder}}

In 1978, Barkley wrote that "Stimulant drug studies based primarily on measures of teacher opinion have frequently concluded that these drugs improve the achievement of hyperkinetic children. However, a review of those studies using more objective measures of academic performance revealed few positive short-term or long-term drug effects on these measures. What few improvements have been noted can be readily attributed to better attention during testing. The major effect of the stimulants appears to be an improvement in classroom manageability rather than academic performance".{{Cite journal|url=|doi=10.1080/02796015.1991.12085546|title=Therapeutic Effects of Medication on ADHD: Implications for School Psychologists|year=1991|last1=Dupaul|first1=George J.|last2=Barkley|first2=Russell A.|last3=McMurray|first3=Mary B.|journal=School Psychology Review|volume=20|issue=2|pages=203–219}} In 1991, Barkley noted that "Psychostimulant medications (e.g., Ritalin) are highly effective treatments for the symptomatic management of children with ADHD as they can enhance significantly their attention span, impulse control, academic performance, and peer relationships".

In response to critics who point to countries with lower rates of diagnoses and medication of children for ADHD, Barkley said, "So what? We do not let the rest of the world set our standards of care when we do more research on childhood disorders--specifically ADHD--than other countries combined?".{{Cite news |url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/dec01/medicating |title=Medicating ADHD: Too much? Too soon? |work=www.apa.org |access-date=2020-04-05 |language=en}}

Barkley believes that medications such as methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine should be downgraded to schedule III.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/interviews/barkley.html|title=Medicating kids|website=PBS|date=10 April 2001}}

During an interview in 2001, Barkley said that "All of the research we have indicates that these drugs are some of the safest that we employ in the field of psychiatry and psychology. That's not to say that we know everything about them. But we know a lot more than we know about cough medicines and Tylenol and aspirins and other things that children swill whenever they come down with a common cold. Nobody asks those questions about those over-the-counter medications, yet we know substantially less about them".{{cite web | title=Interviews - Russell Barkley - Medicating Kids - FRONTLINE - PBS | website=PBS | date=2001-04-10 | url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/interviews/barkley.html | access-date=2021-02-16}}

Barkley has compared the symptomatic impairments of ADHD to a physical handicap, with accommodations and treatment being the equivalent of a wheelchair.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dana.org/article/adhd-serious-psychiatric-problem-or-all-american-cop-out/|title=ADHD: Serious Psychiatric Problem or All-American Cop-out?|access-date=2021-03-02|archive-date=2021-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514110700/https://www.dana.org/article/adhd-serious-psychiatric-problem-or-all-american-cop-out/|url-status=dead}} On 16 November 1998 he said that "[methylphenidate] will be ranked as one of the leading developments in this century for helping individuals".ADHD Nation - Alan Schwarz page 64

Barkley declares royalties or licences from Guilford Publications, the American Psychological Association, Professional Education Systems Institute, ContinuingEdCourses; and payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers’ bureaus, consultancy, manuscript writing, or educational events from AstraZeneca, Takeda, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Eli Lilly, and Ochsner Medical Center.{{Cite journal |last1=Gosling |first1=Corentin J. |last2=Caparos |first2=Serge |last3=Pinabiaux |first3=Charlotte |last4=Schwarzer |first4=Guido |last5=Rücker |first5=Gerta |last6=Agha |first6=Sharifah Shameem |last7=Bøe |first7=Tormod |last8=Fossum |first8=Ingrid Nesdal |last9=Lundervold |first9=Astri J. |last10=Øie |first10=Merete Glenne |last11=Skogli |first11=Erik Winther |last12=Alrouh |first12=Hekmat |last13=Antony |first13=Ambler |last14=Peter |first14=Anderson |last15=Ainara |first15=Andiarena |date=2023 |title=Association between relative age at school and persistence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in prospective studies: an individual participant data meta-analysis SIMBA study group |url=https://bora.uib.no/bora-xmlui/handle/11250/3126966 |journal=The Lancet Psychiatry |volume=10 |issue=12 |pages=922–933 |doi=10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00272-9 |pmid=37898142 |issn=2215-0374|hdl=10871/133799 |hdl-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Becker |first1=Stephen P. |last2=Willcutt |first2=Erik G. |last3=Leopold |first3=Daniel R. |last4=Fredrick |first4=Joseph W. |last5=Smith |first5=Zoe R. |last6=Jacobson |first6=Lisa A. |last7=Burns |first7=G. Leonard |last8=Mayes |first8=Susan D. |last9=Waschbusch |first9=Daniel A. |last10=Froehlich |first10=Tanya E. |last11=McBurnett |first11=Keith |last12=Servera |first12=Mateu |last13=Barkley |first13=Russell A. |date=June 2023 |title=Report of a Work Group on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Key Research Directions and a Consensus Change in Terminology to Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS) |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=62 |issue=6 |pages=629–645 |doi=10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.821 |issn=0890-8567 |pmc=9943858 |pmid=36007816}}

Books

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment.4th ed. New York: Guilford Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-4625-1772-5}}.
• ADHD and the Nature of Self Control. New York: Guilford Press, 1997. {{ISBN|978-1-57230-250-1}}.
• Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents. New York: Guilford Press, (3rd ed.) 2013. {{ISBN|978-1-46250-789-4}}.
• With Kevin R Murphy and Mariellen Fischer. ADHD in Adults: What the Science Says. New York: Guilford Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-59385-586-4}}.
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults: The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-7637-6564-4}}.
• Taking Charge of Adult ADHD. New York: Guilford Press, 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-60623-338-2}}.
• Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved. New York: Guilford Press, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-4625-0535-7}}.
• Defiant Children: a Clinician's Manual for Assessment and Parent Training, 3rd ed. New York: Guilford Publications, 2013. {{ISBN|978-1-57230-123-8}}.
• Managing ADHD in School: The Best Evidence-Based Methods for Teachers. Eau Claire, WI: PESI Publishing and Media, 2016. {{ISBN| 978-1559570435}}.
• When an Adult You Love Has ADHD. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2017. {{ISBN| 9781433823084}}

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• C. Anderson Aldrich Award, 1996, from the American Academy of Pediatrics for outstanding research in child health and human development
• Distinguished Contribution Award to Research, 1998, by the Section of Clinical Child Psychology of the American Psychological Association
• Science Dissemination Award, 2003, from the Society for Scientific Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association
• Distinguished Career Award, 2012, from the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology [https://sccap53.org/members-portal/award-opportunities Past Award Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612112955/https://sccap53.org/members-portal/award-opportunities/ |date=2018-06-12 }}, (Retrieved 29 May 2018)
• Lifetime Career Achievement Award, Division 53 (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology), American Psychological Association, 2017
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Children and Adults with ADHD (chadd.org), 2018

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