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Lidia Zylowska

, MD

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Associate Professor

Email:

lzylowsk@umn.edu

Office Phone:

(612) 625-3330

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Affiliation:

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Spirituality and Healing (CSH)

Biography

Bio

I am an Associate Professor for the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and a faculty member at the Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing. I received my M.D. from the Wayne State University School of Medicine and obtained my psychiatry residency training at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). As part of my training I served as a Chief Resident of the UCLA Behavioral Health Clinic, completed the UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, and pursued additional training in mindfulness and integrative medicine. I am a graduate of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine Fellowship and a Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. I have a particular focus on adult ADHD and mindfulness-based interventions.

Through my research work as the UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, I pioneered the application of mindfulness in ADHD and co-developed the Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) for the ADHD program. I am a founding member of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research and an author of an award-winning book The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD: An 8-Step Program for Strengthening Attention, Managing Emotions, and Achieving Your Goals, and a second book Mindfulness for Adult ADHD: A Clinician’s Guide.

At the University of Minnesota, I serve as one of the key faculty of the UMN Adult Psychiatry Residency Program where I am an outpatient clinic supervisor for psychiatrists-in-training. I direct the Adult ADHD Clinic and lead the Integrative Psychiatry and Wellness Program. I am also a member of the Wellbeing and Impact Committee, Climate Committee, and Grand Rounds Committee.

Expertise

ADHD

Administrative Assistant

(for academic support only)
Teneshia Collins
coll1148@umn.edu

In the Media

2023: Featured in this Wondermind article titled, “What Is Inattentive ADHD, and Do I Have It?”
2023: Featured in this issue of Childart dedicated to mindfulness. Her article titled, “Take Small Steps, Notice Your Emotions,” is on pages 26-27
2023: Featured in this Time online article titled, “What's Driving the Demand for ADHD Drugs Like Adderall.”
2023: Quoted in the Wondermind article titled, “Hold up, ADHD is a disability?”
2023: Quoted in this MedScape article titled, “ADHD Exacts Higher Mental Health Toll vs Autism in Adults.”
2022: Quoted in this Huffington Post piece titled, “What It’s Really Like To Parent When You Have ADHD.”
2022: Featured in this online article titled, “Women with ADHD & ASD are Starting to Get Accurately Diagnosed — But it's Decades Late.”
2022: Featured in this piece titled, “Talking adult ADHD with U of M,” and this MPR piece, “No longer just a kid thing: more women diagnosed with ADHD later in life.
2022: Featured in this article titled, “Calm space: How to meditate when your brain wavers and you can't sit still”.
2022: Quoted in a Harper’s Bazaar article titled, “Coming Into Focus,” about a woman growing up with ADHD

Education

MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine

BA, Summa cum laude, Wayne State University

Major: Biology

Fellowships, Residencies, and Visiting Engagements

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fellowship

UCLA Normal Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology

Los Angeles, California, United States

Resident in Psychiatry, Residency

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

Los Angeles, California, United States

Resident in Psychiatry, PGY I-II, Residency

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Licensures and Certifications

California Medical License

American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry Certification

MOC Recertification - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine

Minnesota Medical License

Honors and Recognition

CHADD'S 2012 Most Innovative Program of the Year Award, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Board of Governors' Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Outstanding Student Award, Psychiatry Clerkship, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Merit Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Wayne State University

Professional Memberships

Minnesota Psychiatric Association

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

American Psychiatric Association

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Selected Publications

Mitchell, J. T., Bates, A., Zylowska, L., 2018. Adverse Events in Mindfulness-Based Interventions for ADHD. The ADHD Report, 26 (2): 15-18.

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/adhd.2018.26.2.15

Bazzano, A., Wolfe, C., Zylowska, L., Wang, S., Schuster, E., Barrett, C., Lehrer, D., 2015. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Parents and Caregivers of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: A Community-Based Approach. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24 (2): 298-308.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9836-9

Mitchell, J. T., Zylowska, L., Kollins, S. H, 2015. Mindfulness Meditation Training for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adulthood: Current Empirical Support, Treatment Overview, and Future Directions. Cognitive and behavioral practice, 22 (2): 172-191.

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2014.10.002 PubMed ID: 25908900.

Bazzano, A., Wolfe, C., Zylowska, L., Wang, S., Schuster, E., Barrett, C., Lehrer, D., 2010. Stress-reduction and improved well-being following a pilot community-based participatory mindfulness-based stress-reduction (MBSR) program for parents/caregivers of children with developmental disabilities. Disability and Health, 3 (2): e6-e7.

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2009.08.088

Zylowska, L., Ackerman, D. L., Yang, M. H., Futrell, J. L., Horton, N. L., Hale, T. S., Pataki, C., Smalley, S. L., 2008. Mindfulness meditation training in adults and adolescents with ADHD: a feasibility study. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11 (6): 737-746.

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087054707308502 PubMed ID: 18025249.

Hui, K. K., Zylowska, L., Hui, E. K., Yu, J. L., Li, J. J., 2002. Introducing integrative East-West medicine to medical students and residents. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 8 (4): 507-515.

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/107555302760253711 PubMed ID: 12230912.

Selected Presentations

Zylowska, L. "Mindfulness in Adult ADHD Treatment", MHMG/MHNA Integrative and Cultural Approaches to Mental Health Conference, June 06, 2023.

Voss, M., Zylowska, L., Montgomery, C. "A Framework for Teaching and Applying Integrative Mental Health Care", 2023 Symposium for Integrative Medicine & Health, February 28, 2023.

Zylowska, L. "Whole Person Approach to Adult ADHD", Manhattan Adult ADHD Support Group, Webinar Presentation, January 26, 2023.

Zylowska, L., Bertin, M. "Mindfulness for Everyone: Distracted and Restless, Aware and Resilient", 2022 Virtual International Conference on ADHD, November 17, 2022.

Zylowska, L. "Let’s Do It Together! Accessing Mindful Awareness and Self-Compassion via Short Explorations", 2021 Virtual International Conference on ADHD, November 04, 2021.

Zylowska, L. "Whole Person Mental Health", Fall Core and Mandatory Training, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 24, 2021.

Zylowska, L. "Mindfulness Training for Adults with ADHD: The Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) for ADHD Program", 2020 Virtual International Conference on ADHD, ADHD Professional Institute, November 07, 2020.

Zylowska, L. "Mindfulness for ADHD webinar 2020", ADHD Women's Palooza, February 28, 2020.

Zylowska, L. "Paying Attention to Attention and Attitude", Attention Talk Radio, December 04, 2019.

Zylowska, L. "Practitioner Wellbeing", Navigating the Complexities of Trauma: Meeting the Needs of Patients and Providers, Edina, Minnesota, October 18, 2019.

Contact

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Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, F282/2A West Building, 2450 Riverside Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454