Ethical Issues of ADHD in the Orthodox Community

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October 31 2010
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This breakout session took place at The Student Medical Ethics Society of Yeshiva University's Fifth Annual Fuld Family Medical Ethics Conference, "A Beautiful Mind: Jewish Approaches to Mental Health," which took place on October 31st, 2010. In this informative session about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, Rabbi Dr. BArry Holzer addressed several ethical issues pertaining to ADHD and its challenges. Some of the issues raised include responsibilities of parents and principles to children with ADHD, candidness vs. masking in shidduchim, and the ethics of universal full-time Beis Medrash for young adults with ADHD.

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