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How to Recover Your Shrinking Attention Span
… “I think there’s a huge disconnect between what we feel like is happening and what is actually happening,” says Monica Rosenberg, a psychologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois. “There is a whole
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Why Are ADHD Rates On the Rise?
In some parts of the world, record numbers of people are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In the United States, for example, government researchers last year reported that more than 11% of
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Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?
… In the years since the consensus statement was published, however, the evidence for each of these A.D.H.D. biomarkers has faltered. Attempts to replicate the studies that showed differences in brain electrical activity came up
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A.D.H.D. Videos on TikTok Are Often Misleading, New Study Finds
On TikTok, misinformation about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can be tricky to spot, according to a new study. … “The data are alarming,” said Stephen P. Hinshaw, a professor of psychology and an expert in
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People With A.D.H.D. Are Likely to Die Significantly Earlier Than Their Peers, Study Finds
Stephen Hinshaw, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies A.D.H.D. but was not involved in the new British research, described the study as “a major finding,” the first analysis of
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Kids with ADHD May Still Have Symptoms as Adults
I know of someone who was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a child in the 1990s. When he turned 18, his insurance company notified him that his medication—a kind that gives kids
