How to Deal With Mental Illness

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The way people talk about mental illness is still as though someone's a criminal, he says. Find somebody in your medical community or psychologist community who's an expert in diagnosing ADHD and ask them to test you for the condition. Don't just rely on your views. Ask your partner. Ask your parents if they're still around from x years ago. And then find out what kinds of treatments do I really benefit from and which might be harmful to me?

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.