“The ADHD Explosion: The Facts Behind the Rapid Rise in Diagnoses” with Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D.

INSTANT ACCESS! In this audio webinar and slide presentation of “The ADHD Explosion: The Facts Behind the Rapid Rise in Diagnoses,” Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D., discusses:

• One in 20 kids were diagnosed with ADHD in the 1980s and’90s. One in nine are diagnosed with the condition today.
• Too many diagnoses of ADHD are made on the basis of a 10- to 15-minute visit to a pediatrician’s office, without the doctor taking a thorough history.
• Government policies, like No Child Left Behind, are a major force in the rise in diagnoses and ADHD prescriptions written.

Meet the expert: Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as Department Chair from 2004-2011, and is vice chair of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. His work focuses on developmental psychopathology-peer and family relationships, neuropsychological risk factors, pharmacologic and psychological interventions for children with ADHD, assessment and evaluation, conceptual and definitional issues, mental health problems in teenage girls, the stigmatization of mental illness, and international training efforts. Hinshaw has written nine books, including The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money and Today’s Push for Performance.