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Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?

Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?

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Over the past three decades, A.D.H.D. diagnoses in the U.S. have
been climbing steadily, and so have prescriptions for the
medication to manage the symptoms.

As the field booms, some longtime researchers are starting to
question whether much of the fundamental thinking around how we
identify and treat the disorder is wrong.

Paul Tough, a contributing writer for The New York Times
Magazine, explains.

Guest: Paul Tough, a contributing writer for The New York Times
Magazine who, for the last two decades, has written articles and
books about education and child development.

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Have we been thinking about A.D.H.D. all wrong?

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