"It's feels good to snort a line of coke to doesn't need an ADHD medication," he says. "15 or 20% of people who want to, you know, super party ... will take stimulant meds and they're going to get addicted." There may be a protective fact for some cases of ADHD against stimulant spings, drugs of abuse,. But our diagnostic rates are so high and our diagnostic standards are so poor.
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.
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