The Fastest Growing Market for ADHD Ads

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The fastest growing market share is for adults with ADHD meds. The rate of being medicated has gone up from about 5% to much, much higher levels. There's a major ad for an ADHD med that says showing pictures of adult women. If you have ADHD or twice as likely to get divorced as the average woman and your twice as likely or three times more likely to get depressed.

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.