Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger’s, Depression, and Other Disorders

By Paul Beljan, J. T. Webb, Edward R. Amend, Nadia E. Web, J. Goerss, F. R. Olenchak. 2006

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Who Gets Served in Gifted Education? Demographic Representation and a Call for Action (2019, background): “Regarding disabilities and giftedness, there is a body of literature about students who are twice exceptional—that is, they have a disability and an identified gift (e.g., Baum, Schader, & Owen, 2017; Webb et al., 2005).”
Handbook of Giftedness in Children: Psychoeducational Theory, Research, and Best Practices (2008, unknown): “Stressing the difficulties that can arise in differentiating true attention deficits from the range of typical behaviors in gifted children, whose drive, intensity, and perfectionism may be interpreted as pathology, several authors have suggested that ADHD may be overidentified in gifted children (B”
Creative Mythconceptions: A Closer Look at the Evidence for the "Mad Genius" Hypothesis (2009, background): “What is less apparent is the impact the notion can have on creatives themselves, who even in our enlightened age are often stigmatized (Hinshaw, 2007; Leff & Warner, 2006; Webb et al., 2005)—they may be penalized by banks and landlords and prospective in-laws who consider them bad risks.”
Profoundly Gifted Girls and Autism Spectrum Disorder (2009, background): “Putting the Research to Use: Previous literature reviews about profoundly gifted students with social impairments have cautioned against misdiagnosis (Webb et al., 2005) of psychological disorders.”