17 Facts About Russell Barkley

Russell Alan Barkley FAPA was born on December 27,1949 and is a retired American clinical neuropsychologist who was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the VCU Medical Center until 2022 and president of Division 12 of the American Psychological Association and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.

Russell Barkley proposed the renaming of sluggish cognitive tempo to cognitive disengagement syndrome.

Russell Barkley is board certified in three clinical specialties: clinical neuropsychology, clinical psychology, and clinical child and adolescent psychology.

Russell Barkley was one of five children, born to US Air Force Colonel Donald Stuart Barkley and Mildred Minerva nee Terbush.

Russell Barkley had a fraternal twin brother, Ronald Foster Barkley, who was killed in a car crash on 24 July 2006.

Russell Barkley earned an Associate of Arts from Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina in June 1972, and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From July 1976 to 1977, Russell Barkley was an intern at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center in Portland, Oregon.

In 1977, Russell Barkley began his professional career at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Children's Hospital, where in 1978, he founded the Neuropsychology Service and served as its chief until 1985.

Russell Barkley then moved to the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he served as Director of Psychology from 1985 to 2000.

Russell Barkley was professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

Russell Barkley taught at the Medical University of South Carolina from 2003 to 2016 and then moved to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, where he taught in the Department of Psychiatry until 2020.

Russell Barkley has given more than 800 invited lectures in more than 30 countries during his career, as part of his effort to disseminate science.

Russell Barkley founded and edited The ADHD Report, a peer-reviewed journal for clinicians and parents, until its 30th and final volume in 2022.

Russell Barkley has performed his forever last invited public lecture at the Centro Archimede Medical Centre, where he discussed ADHD, CDS and related topics, in Italy, September 30,2023.

Russell Barkley believes that medications such as methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine should be downgraded to schedule III.

Russell Barkley has compared the symptomatic impairments of ADHD to a physical handicap, with accommodations and treatment being the equivalent of a wheelchair.

Russell Barkley declares royalties or licences from Guilford Publications, the American Psychological Association, Professional Education Systems Institute, ContinuingEdCourses; and payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers' bureaus, consultancy, manuscript writing, or educational events from AstraZeneca, Takeda, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Eli Lilly, and Ochsner Medical Center.