Understanding ADHD

Stephen Hinshaw is Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley and an expert in the fields of clinical child and adolescent psychology and developmental psychopathology, as well as stigma, preventive interventions and dehumanization related to mental illness. This conversation examines the facts and misunderstandings surrounding ADHD, diagnosis and misdiagnosis, treatment, family responsibilities, the subtleties of medication, adult ADHD, gender, what’s happening on an international level and the stigma of mental illness.