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Terry M. Dickson, M.D., ACG, CPCC, is the founder and director of The Behavioral Medicine Clinic of NW Michigan that has served and supported children, adolescents and adults with ADHD for the past fifteen years.

Dr. Dickson has been a principal study investigator for several clinical ADHD medication trials and has published many articles on ADHD and related topics. His heartfelt passion for folks with ADHD led him to coaching, as he feels it fills a need that medication can't fill. Dr. Dickson speaks regularly on ADHD and has been interviewed locally and nationally on the web (ADDA Webinars), radio, and TV (CNN News), Attention Talk Radio, as well as CHADD's Ask an Expert online. He most recently appeared on an NBC Nightly News Special on Adult ADHD.

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