By RICH FISHER
On this edition of ST, we speak with Dr. Stephen P. Hinshaw, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Vice-Chair for Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Hinshaw is also the editor of “Psychological Bulletin” — and the co-author of a new book, “The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money, and Today’s Push for Performance,” which he discusses with us today. […]
Major questions surround this disorder, such as: Why are one in nine children and adolescents in the US now diagnosed with ADHD, with projected rates still rising? Why are nearly 70% of those diagnosed with ADHD prescribed medication? And more generally, what’s driving the current “ADHD explosion” — is it parents, doctors, schools, our healthcare system, our very culture, and/or Big Pharma?
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