J. Russell Ramsay, Ph.D.
Russell Ramsay is retired from his role as professor of clinical psychology in the psychiatry department of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He had been co-founder and co-director of the PENN’s Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program. He currently has a solo, completely virtual psychology practice.
Dr. Ramsay has authored numerous professional and scientific articles and book chapters. Among his books, he is author of the patient guidebook The Adult ADHD Tool Kit (with Dr. Anthony Rostain; Routledge, 2015), which has been translated into French, Spanish, Korean, and is in the process of being translated into German and Chinese. His most recent book was Rethinking Adult ADHD (APA, 2020). (#CommissionsEarned) His forthcoming book is The Adult ADHD & Anxiety Workbook, to be released on May 1, 2024 (New Harbinger). Dr. Ramsay contributed to the APA’s Psychotherapy Video Series with the video “Adults with ADHD.”
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