EP4-Giftedness and Misdiagnosis

With Giftedness being a niched area of expertise, sometimes foreign to our clinicians, what are some of the risks our children have to be misdiagnosed and medically treated in error?  This talk is based on research by Dr. James Webb Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders (2nd edition)  And the Supporting the emotional Needs of the Gifted Children Association https://www.sengifted.org