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In the United States, there is an organization called CHADD, or Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders. Their website states that “ADD is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 11% of school-age children.” Most reviews suggest a prevalence closer to 5%, although the range is broad.
In any case, I confess I still have a hard time conceptualizing ADHD as a disorder. When an article on ADHD was suggested for a Quick Take, I learned about new data on brain mechanisms of ADHD leading to a remarkable study implicating the amino acid cystine, not just dopamine, in the basis of ADHD symptoms.
Hi! Jim Phelps here for the Psychopharmacology Institute. You’re likely familiar with the notion that people with ADHD are simply “hunters in a farmer’s world.” The broader and more formal version of this idea is an evolutionary model in which the traits of ADHD are regarded as having increased reproductive
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