Thomas E. Brown, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, University of California Riverside School of Medicine
Highlights
Author of seven books on ADHD, including Smart but Stuck: Emotions in Teens and Adults with ADHD
Former assistant director of the Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders
Elected fellow of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Thomas E. Brown is Understood’s consulting psychologist. For 20 years, he was associate director of the Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders in the department of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. He is now clinical professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine. He assesses and treats children, teens, and adults at the Brown Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders.
His seven books on ADHD include Smart but Stuck; Outside the Box; and ADHD and Asperger Syndrome in Smart Kids and Adults. He edited ADHD Comorbidities: Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and Adults.
He’s the author of the revised Brown Executive Function/Attention Rating Scales and 30 scientific articles, and an elected fellow of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He earned his PhD in clinical psychology at Yale University.
Publications, media, and appearances
ADHD explained: A 28-minute primer (Understood)
The truth about ADHD (Psychology Today, 2023)
