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ScienceWorks is a modern telepsychology practice offering evidence-based care for: Autism & ADHD, Anxiety & Depression, OCD, Trauma, Insomnia, Kids & Families, and more.
These conditions frequently co-occur, can be difficult to diagnose, and also difficult to treat - often requiring specialist knowledge and direct clinical experience to achieve the best possible outcomes.
That's why research and training are the foundation of our work.
Our goal is sharing our knowledge with our friends, clients, and partners to build a stronger, more informed mental health community.
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Why Unstructured Time Is Harder: Weekends, Sabbaticals, and Executive Function
Weekends, vacations and long breaks can be harder than busy weeks with ADHD or executive function challenges. Why, and how to plan open time that holds.
ScienceWorks Team
3 hours ago10 min read
ADHD in the Postpartum Year: Why It Can Feel Harder, and What Else to Check
Why ADHD can feel harder after a baby, how to tell it from postpartum depression or anxiety, what is known about hormones, and when to get evaluated.
Kiesa Kelly
1 day ago16 min read
ADHD and Alcohol: When the Evening Drink Becomes a Pattern
Why an evening drink can become a habit with ADHD, what research does and does not show, and how an evaluation tells ADHD apart from alcohol effects.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 1416 min read
Chronically Late: Is It ADHD or Something Else?
Chronic lateness can come from ADHD, depression, anxiety, OCD checking or a late body clock. How the patterns differ and what an evaluation looks at.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 1215 min read
Interest-Based Nervous System in ADHD: What Research Shows
Is the ADHD 'interest-based nervous system' real science? What reward and motivation research supports, what it doesn't, and what actually helps.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 1115 min read
Hypermobility, Autism, and ADHD: Why the Bendy-Joints Connection Keeps Coming Up
Why hypermobility keeps coming up with autism and ADHD: what studies show, what they don't, and who checks which half, your doctor or a psychologist.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 915 min read
ADHD Meds Wearing Off by Afternoon? What to Track
ADHD medication fading by mid-afternoon? How to tell wear-off from rebound or a side effect, what to log for a week, and what to ask your prescriber.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 914 min read
Hyperfocus vs Flow at Work: ADHD and How to Stop on Time
Lose hours to hyperfocus, then miss the meeting? What research says about hyperfocus and ADHD, how it differs from flow, and how to stop on time.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 714 min read
Out of Sight, Out of Mind With ADHD: Object Permanence
Out of sight, out of mind with ADHD? What 'object permanence' gets wrong, the memory skills really involved, and how to use visible cues without clutter.
ScienceWorks Team
Oct 614 min read
ADHD and Money Problems: Why Budgets Fail and What Helps
Late fees, unopened bills, impulse buys: why money tasks are harder with ADHD, what research shows, and money systems that are easier to keep.
ScienceWorks Team
Oct 513 min read
The ADHD Parent-Child Dynamic: Why One Partner Becomes the Manager, and Where Couples Therapy Fits
Feel more like your partner's parent? How the ADHD manager-and-managed pattern forms, what it costs you both, and where couples therapy fits.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2915 min read
ADHD and Irritability: The Short Fuse Nobody Warned You About, and What It Isn't
ADHD irritability is common but often misread. How the short fuse works, how it differs from bipolar or depression, and what helps adults.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2813 min read
Self-Diagnosed ADHD From TikTok: What Social Media Gets Right, What It Misses, and When to Get Evaluated
Recognized yourself in ADHD videos? What research says TikTok gets right and misses, and how to turn that recognition into a useful evaluation.
ScienceWorks Team
Sep 2512 min read
ADHD and Background Noise: Who It Helps, Who It Hurts
Brown noise for ADHD focus: what the trials actually measured, who it helps, who it makes worse, and what has never been studied. An honest evidence read.
ScienceWorks Team
Sep 2215 min read
ADHD and Perfectionism: Harsh Self-Judgment
In the research, ADHD perfectionism looks more like harsh self-judgment than unusually high standards. How it differs from OCD, and what helps.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1814 min read
How Many Executive Functions Are There? Why Every List Is Different
Three, seven, or twelve? Every list of executive functions is different. Here is where each one comes from and which to use for what.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1713 min read
ADHD and Sleep Apnea: The Overlap That Gets Missed in Adult Evaluations
Untreated sleep apnea can produce an attention profile that reads as adult ADHD. Here is how a thorough adult evaluation rules it out first.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 714 min read
Coach or Therapist? What Each Title Can Legally Do
In Tennessee, 'ADHD coach' is unregulated and 'therapist' alone is not protected; the license behind it is. What each can assess, diagnose, treat and bill.
Ryan Burns
Sep 713 min read
ADHD Waiting Mode: Why One Appointment Eats the Whole Day
Waiting mode is a community term, not a diagnosis. What it is, how it differs from ADHD paralysis and anticipatory anxiety, and what actually helps.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 516 min read
Behind the Wheel With ADHD: Attention Lapses, Crash Risk, and What Reduces It
What research actually shows about ADHD and crash risk, the mitigations with real evidence, and when an adult ADHD evaluation is the better next step.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 314 min read
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