Dr. John Kruse

So with schizophrenia, we have hallucinations. Most people aren't having hallucinations. If you have those, you know, you might have schizophrenia or a drug effect, but that's unusual. Again, with ADHD, they're all usual behaviors. It's just to an unusual extent. So the diagnosis comes under a lot of stigma and questioning. Isn't this just normal behavior carried to a ridiculous extent?

Yeah, so back up a little bit. Like all of our other mental health or psychiatric conditions, there's clearly both a biological component to ADHD and clearly a social environment. The nature and nurture question isn't which is it. It's always both. So with ADHD, we know there's a very strong genetic component. The heritability factor is around 0.8%.

Yeah, so back up a little bit. Like all of our other mental health or psychiatric conditions, there's clearly both a biological component to ADHD and clearly a social environment. The nature and nurture question isn't which is it. It's always both. So with ADHD, we know there's a very strong genetic component. The heritability factor is around 0.8%.

Yeah, so back up a little bit. Like all of our other mental health or psychiatric conditions, there's clearly both a biological component to ADHD and clearly a social environment. The nature and nurture question isn't which is it. It's always both. So with ADHD, we know there's a very strong genetic component. The heritability factor is around 0.8%.

which is about as strong as the heritability factor for height or for schizophrenia.

which is about as strong as the heritability factor for height or for schizophrenia.

which is about as strong as the heritability factor for height or for schizophrenia.

But it's high likelihood. So this tends to run in families. But again, it has a social... You're not just a brain in the world, you're a brain interacting with the world. And with ADHD, we like to frame it as both structure is important and demands are important.

But it's high likelihood. So this tends to run in families. But again, it has a social... You're not just a brain in the world, you're a brain interacting with the world. And with ADHD, we like to frame it as both structure is important and demands are important.

But it's high likelihood. So this tends to run in families. But again, it has a social... You're not just a brain in the world, you're a brain interacting with the world. And with ADHD, we like to frame it as both structure is important and demands are important.

So one of the aspects of ADHD, separate from the official, how we categorize it or diagnose it in terms of symptoms, we most often are understanding it this way. day and age as a problem with executive functions of the brain, how the brain's working memory works, how selective attention works or doesn't work, how emotional regulation is working or not, how impulse control is working.

So one of the aspects of ADHD, separate from the official, how we categorize it or diagnose it in terms of symptoms, we most often are understanding it this way. day and age as a problem with executive functions of the brain, how the brain's working memory works, how selective attention works or doesn't work, how emotional regulation is working or not, how impulse control is working.

So one of the aspects of ADHD, separate from the official, how we categorize it or diagnose it in terms of symptoms, we most often are understanding it this way. day and age as a problem with executive functions of the brain, how the brain's working memory works, how selective attention works or doesn't work, how emotional regulation is working or not, how impulse control is working.

Essentially, the ADHD brain is less able to provide the structure it needs, so it's more reliant on an optimal structure in the outside world. So getting the home versus working in an office environment, part of the problem is if you're in a traditional office environment, you're starting a specific time. Everyone else is doing their work at a certain time. When you go to lunch is clear.

Essentially, the ADHD brain is less able to provide the structure it needs, so it's more reliant on an optimal structure in the outside world. So getting the home versus working in an office environment, part of the problem is if you're in a traditional office environment, you're starting a specific time. Everyone else is doing their work at a certain time. When you go to lunch is clear.

Essentially, the ADHD brain is less able to provide the structure it needs, so it's more reliant on an optimal structure in the outside world. So getting the home versus working in an office environment, part of the problem is if you're in a traditional office environment, you're starting a specific time. Everyone else is doing their work at a certain time. When you go to lunch is clear.

You may have people checking in or seeing you in the hallway. Larry, how far along are you on this coding project? Are you going to be ready for it on time? When you're home, you don't get any of that reinforcement. You don't have any of that structure. So, I mean, structure is a Goldilocks issue.

You may have people checking in or seeing you in the hallway. Larry, how far along are you on this coding project? Are you going to be ready for it on time? When you're home, you don't get any of that reinforcement. You don't have any of that structure. So, I mean, structure is a Goldilocks issue.

You may have people checking in or seeing you in the hallway. Larry, how far along are you on this coding project? Are you going to be ready for it on time? When you're home, you don't get any of that reinforcement. You don't have any of that structure. So, I mean, structure is a Goldilocks issue.

It's not just more structure is always good because if you put or impose too much structure on someone, so most people with ADHD are really lousy assembly line workers. They don't want to be just Picking up one bolt, screwing it on the side of the Lexus or whatever and watching the car move down the line, that's too stultifying, too limiting, too structured.