Dr. Russell Barkley

then I've missed part of the explanation for why you're struggling in school or college or in the workplace.

That's nonsense.

Nonsense.

First of all, those things are not sufficiently accurate to diagnose ADHD, even though their test developers will tell you they are, they're not.

And secondly, they're misleading because half of adults with ADHD can pass those tests and still be legitimately ADHD.

So I just tell people, you know, forget the test scores because a lot of the time they're wrong and the history tells the story.

Plus, as you pointed out, we need to interview people who know you well.

That's part of our diagnostic criteria.

We need to corroborate what you're telling us through other sources.

Hopefully that's going to be your parents or siblings or good friends or a spouse or a partner.

But in some cases, all I have are the archival records, your school report cards, your driving record, your work record, your criminal record.

All of those are things I may need to take a look at in order to look for evidence that this has been a longstanding problem for you.

So, yeah, it takes time.

But as I said, no less than two to three hours.

Audio, like what's the best way?

Well, I tell you what we heard from people when I was writing the book.

And we actually field tested that book.

If you look at that book compared to all my other books, it's organized vastly differently than my other books.

And the reason is we field tested the manuscript automatically.

on adults with ADHD.