Paul Wender

Paul H. Wender, also known as Dean of ADHD, was a biochemist and psychiatrist known for researching the genetic linkage in schizophrenia and ADHD.

Biography Paul Wender was born in Manhattan, New York in 1934. His mother, Luba Kibrick, was a social worker and his father, Dr. Louis Wender, was trained by one of Sigmund Freud's disciples and was chief psychiatrist at Hastings Hillside Hospital in Hastings-on-Hudson, where he became notorious for implementing group therapy, a new field of psychology at a time. He had a brother, called Ira. and as researcher at St Elizabeth's Hospital. Afterwards, he served the army during the Korean War

In 1973, he became an Emeritus Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. In 1990, he was retired from his position and began lecturing in Phillips Academy, where he focused his efforts in studying ADHD. He also found a genetical linkage to the condition and was one of the first people to diagnose ADHD in adults. In 1990, he was named Distinguished Professor. He then moved to Andover and began lecturing at Harvard Medical School and became a senior consultant on the Development of Bio psychiatry Research at McLean Hospital. Wender is a pioneer in the field of ADHD in adults. In 1976, Wender proposed 61 items (WURS-61) for the diagnostic of ADHD in adults, the so-called Wender-Utah or Wender-Reimherr Criteria. Later, 25 of the itens were selected (WURS-25) and used by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). In 1995, Wender published the first description of adults with ADHD, used in the XXI century as a guide to diagnosis and treatment by psychologists. He also studied medications that are an accepted treatment for ADHD. Hoffmann Medal (2015) William A. Schoenfeld Award (2000) Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Utah (1990) First Prize for Research (1974) Hofheimer Award

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