[kfreds]

> The diagnosis is not a complete surprise but it is hard on him.

My understanding of available evidence is that an ADHD diagnosis isn't helpful for everyone. This is partly due to societal stigma and lack of understanding of what ADHD is.

I can highly recommend Russell Barkley as a source of scientific information on the subject.

> He has always had problems concentrating at school, for instance he is good at math but would often misread the problems and answer the wrong question. Do you have advice for him to be able to go through his teenage years?

Know yourself. Cognitive function and executive function are different. Executive function impairment can be contextual. With time secondary and tertiary symptoms might develop depending on how well he treats his condition.

State of the art ADHD treatment is multimodal, i.e. you treat it many different complementary ways. Depending on severity medication is a very important part of it.

[dmacedo]

I would echo this and share with the parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCAGc-rkIfo

Also Russell Barkley has since fully retired though has been very active in diaseminating what's happening in (good and bad) research, plus other lectures on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0tLWu7ljYVFPiZQfHjTMsA