EP. 125: ADHD and How to Respond to the Non-Believers

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tracy welcomes you to Episode #125 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women where she invites the ADHD non-believers to join her for a little education. She gets requests for this podcast every week so she decided to do something about it.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Tracy shares:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why the authoritarian model of parenting doesn’t work with an ADHD child</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nora Volkow’s research about ADHD and interest</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What the NIH, AMA, U.S. Surgeon’s General, American Association of Psychiatry and the U.S. Department of Education all say about ADHD</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Whether or not there’s ADHD in France</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">If it’s true that ADHD is strictly an American phenomenon</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What it means that more kids are getting diagnosed with ADHD</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What happens when ADHD is not treated</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">If it’s true that everyone has a little ADHD</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">If ADHD is an invention of modern society</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">If video games, social media, smart phones are making people more ADHD</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Whether or not medicating kids for ADHD turns them into addicts</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "fon