Paul Tough

To a huge extent. So in this article, I focused on kids for a variety of reasons, partly because the science is more clear because scientists have been studying ADHD in kids for much longer. But as a phenomenon, as a diagnosis in the United States, it is among adults that all of the growth is happening. So the fastest growing groups for the diagnosis are people, adults in their 20s and 30s.

To a huge extent. So in this article, I focused on kids for a variety of reasons, partly because the science is more clear because scientists have been studying ADHD in kids for much longer. But as a phenomenon, as a diagnosis in the United States, it is among adults that all of the growth is happening. So the fastest growing groups for the diagnosis are people, adults in their 20s and 30s.

To a huge extent. So in this article, I focused on kids for a variety of reasons, partly because the science is more clear because scientists have been studying ADHD in kids for much longer. But as a phenomenon, as a diagnosis in the United States, it is among adults that all of the growth is happening. So the fastest growing groups for the diagnosis are people, adults in their 20s and 30s.

But even adults in their 40s, 50s, 60s, all of those diagnosis rates are going up really quickly. And prescription rates are going up by a huge degree as well.

But even adults in their 40s, 50s, 60s, all of those diagnosis rates are going up really quickly. And prescription rates are going up by a huge degree as well.

But even adults in their 40s, 50s, 60s, all of those diagnosis rates are going up really quickly. And prescription rates are going up by a huge degree as well.

We don't. It just hasn't been studied to the same degree. I don't think there's reason to think there's a different result that we would see among adults, but there hasn't been a similarly rigorous study like MTA for adults.

We don't. It just hasn't been studied to the same degree. I don't think there's reason to think there's a different result that we would see among adults, but there hasn't been a similarly rigorous study like MTA for adults.

We don't. It just hasn't been studied to the same degree. I don't think there's reason to think there's a different result that we would see among adults, but there hasn't been a similarly rigorous study like MTA for adults.

Absolutely. Those are great stories. And yes, and I've heard lots of stories as well, not only in my reporting, but just from friends before the article came out and then in great numbers since the article came out. And I think what's hard for us is that when we hear two different stories like that, it's hard for us not to think, well, just one of them has to be true.

Absolutely. Those are great stories. And yes, and I've heard lots of stories as well, not only in my reporting, but just from friends before the article came out and then in great numbers since the article came out. And I think what's hard for us is that when we hear two different stories like that, it's hard for us not to think, well, just one of them has to be true.

Absolutely. Those are great stories. And yes, and I've heard lots of stories as well, not only in my reporting, but just from friends before the article came out and then in great numbers since the article came out. And I think what's hard for us is that when we hear two different stories like that, it's hard for us not to think, well, just one of them has to be true.

But the reality is they are both absolutely true and that different people have different experiences of this condition and of its treatment. There is no one size fits all solution.

But the reality is they are both absolutely true and that different people have different experiences of this condition and of its treatment. There is no one size fits all solution.

But the reality is they are both absolutely true and that different people have different experiences of this condition and of its treatment. There is no one size fits all solution.

And so to me, that is what is reassuring and even exciting about this new research by giving young people and families the message that this is not just a sort of singular biological condition that you have or you don't have.

And so to me, that is what is reassuring and even exciting about this new research by giving young people and families the message that this is not just a sort of singular biological condition that you have or you don't have.

And so to me, that is what is reassuring and even exciting about this new research by giving young people and families the message that this is not just a sort of singular biological condition that you have or you don't have.

that in fact symptoms often fluctuate over time, that there are different sorts of treatments that work for different sorts of kids, that that gives them maybe less certainty, which can sometimes be scary, but also more of a sense of possibility, that this is something that can, like the young person you're talking to who was sort of cured by chess, that there may be ways that life can change that will really change these symptoms as well.

that in fact symptoms often fluctuate over time, that there are different sorts of treatments that work for different sorts of kids, that that gives them maybe less certainty, which can sometimes be scary, but also more of a sense of possibility, that this is something that can, like the young person you're talking to who was sort of cured by chess, that there may be ways that life can change that will really change these symptoms as well.