ABSTRACT
The executive function/motivational deficit view of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) redefines it as difficulties organizing and sustaining effort across time to achieve a beneficial goal in the future. This chapter focuses on the long-range impact of adult ADHD on major areas of managing health and well-being across time. Although taking steps to improve health behaviors cannot be considered treatments for ADHD, unhealthy behaviors can be an effect of ADHD and further magnify features of the condition (see Kooij, 2013; Nigg, 2013). Hence, establishing healthy behaviors provides a good target for treatment and is an essential foundation for an overall wellness plan for managing ADHD.
