Female ADHD and Hormones – The Perfect Storm

27 November 2025 – 10am

Event type Introductory and Update Session

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Webinar, via Zoom at 10:00 – 12:00 UK time, 11:00 – 13:00 CET
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Despite growing awareness of ADHD in girls and women, the biological differences between sexes remain critically underrepresented in both research and clinical practice. Historically, ADHD has been studied and treated through a male-centric lens, leading to delayed diagnosis and mismanagement in females—particularly during hormonally sensitive life phases.

This is sure to be a hugely popular session led by Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund, Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.

Booking

Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD certificate via email.

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About the session

This lecture explores how hormonal fluctuations across the female lifespan—puberty, menstrual cycles, contraceptive use, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause—interact with ADHD symptoms and comorbid conditions such as anxiety, depression, and emotional dysregulation. Estrogen and progesterone play vital roles in mood, cognition, and dopamine regulation, making women with ADHD especially sensitive to hormonal changes. For example, ADHD symptoms often worsen premenstrually, and women with ADHD are at higher risk for PMDD, postpartum depression, and adverse reactions to hormonal contraception.

The presentation draws from recent research—including findings from the GODDESS ADHD group—and lived experiences shared through the development of the self-care platform Letterlife. It emphasizes the importance of personalized, hormone-informed care, where women track their symptoms across cycles to optimize medication, lifestyle, and self-management strategies.

By connecting clinical insights with reserach data, this lecture advocates for a new, gender-informed paradigm of ADHD care. The goal is to close knowledge gaps, reduce diagnostic delays, and improve both mental and physical health outcomes for women and girls with ADHD—whether formally diagnosed or not. Understanding the interplay between hormones and neurodivergence isn’t just important—it is essential for equitable, effective care.

Learning objectives:

• To understand the concept of female specific challenges of ADHD
• To understand the influence of hormones on ADHD-symptoms across the female reproductive lifespan
• To recognise and treat ADHD-symptoms in girls and women

About the speaker

Dr. Borg Skoglund is a senior consultant physician trained in general medicine and psychiatry. She is Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.

Dr Borg Skoglund’s scientific work targets the intersection of ADHD, comorbidity, gender discrepancies and hormonal factors. Together with gynecologist and associate professor Helena Kopp Kallner she leads the transprofessional research group GODDESS ADHD involving researchers from child, adolescent and adult psychiatry, gynecology, and social sciences, with the aim of improving mental health and reproductive outcomes among neurodivergent girls and women across the female lifespan.

Beyond her academic pursuits, Dr. Borg Skoglund is a co-founder and Medical Director of SMART Psykiatry, a specialized psychiatric outpatient healthcare provider for neurodevelopmental disorders across all age groups and Letterlife, a digital tool designed to support women with ADHD in managing their daily lives. Dr Borg Skoglund has authored seven popular science books on ADHD. Her book “ADHD From Girls to Women – Getting on the Radar” is published worldwide.

Booking

Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD certificate via email.

• ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD certificate
• Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these sessions

EARLY BIRD £20 for ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession) Join now and save (£30 from 30/09/25)

EARLY BIRD £40 ACAMH Learn Account holders (£50 from 30/09/25)

EARLY BIRD £40 Non Members (£50 from 30/09/25)

£5 ACAMH Undergraduate/Postgraduate Members

FREE LMIC Members