Rethinking ADHD: Why researchers are challenging the medical model
A growing body of research challenges the traditional medical model of ADHD, suggesting that the condition is often shaped more by environment than biology and that stimulant medications like Ritalin and Adderall offer only short-term behavioural benefits with no lasting academic or psychological improvement, the New York Times reported. In the early 1990s, James Swanson, a research psychologist at UC Irvine, found himself in the midst of a...