Russell Barkley

Meeting with the expert: Russell Barkley

The meeting with the expert is a space for dialogue with the keynote speaker on current issues in her area of expertise. In a warm and relaxed atmosphere, attendees can participate by asking questions to the expert and sharing with the audience their experience and opinion on different issues. Undoubtedly, it is the ideal framework for debate and exchange of views among clinical and health child and adolescent psychology.

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Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (VCUMC), Richmond, VA. Professor Barkley obtained his Bachelor’s Degree with Honors from the University of North Carolina in 1973. He received his Masters Degree in 1975 and his Ph.D. in 1977 with Honors in Clinical Psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He is also a Fellow in the American Psychological Association. A clinical scientist, educator, and practitioner, he has published 25 books, rating scales, and clinical manuals now numbering 43 separate editions. He has published more than 300 scientific articles and book chapters on ADHD and related disorders and he has presented more than 800 invited lectures in more than 30 countries. Dr. Barkley has served on the editorial boards of and as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals. He was the President of the Section of Clinical Child Psychology, Division 12, of the American Psychological Association (1988) [now Division 53], and was President of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (1991).

Dr. Barkley has received numerous awards and recognitions including: the Distinguished Contribution Award from the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology (1994); the Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research from the Section on Clinical Child Psychology, (now Division 53) of the American Psychological Association (1998); the Dissemination Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, Division 12, of the American Psychological Association for his career long efforts to educate the public and other professionals about the science of ADHD (2002); the Distinguished Career Contribution Award from the Division of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology of the American Psychological Association (2012) and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Children and Adults with ADHD (2018).