The Importance of Adaptation in the Treatment of ADHD

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"It's all on a continuum. We don't have on the bell curve of all the traits we humans have a cutoff where you're this far out on the tail and beyond it, your disease or disorder," he says. "I think it's a disorder, a disease or something by then. It's something that needs a more serious form of treatment."

Ever since he was diagnosed as a kid, Adam has wondered if ADHD is a serious psychological condition, or a false diagnosis pushed by an overzealous industry. This week Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley is on the show to help answer these questions. You can check out his book The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance at factuallypod.com/books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.