The Misunderstood Mind:ADHD in the 21st Century

A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World Before the Truth Puts On its Shoes
- Mark Twain

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Prologue

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a well-studied, thoroughly legitimate mental disorder that causes sometimes devastating suffering for more than 17 million Americans. Yet, in the first quarter of the 21st century misunderstandings about ADHD abound, especially as new data about the causes and course of the disorder have reshaped our view of the disorder. In the 20th century, ADHD was besieged by special interest groups, bloggers, clinicians, authors, the anti-psychiatry movement, and misguided journalists who claim it does not exist, or portray it as the result of character flaws or inept parenting.

In the 21st century understanding ADHD faces new challenges. Although social media has provided some safe havens for those with the disorder, like r/ADHD on the Reddit platform, the new world of 'alternative facts' has compounded the misunderstandings of ADHD the lead to the exceptional cultural stigma surrounding this disorder and create challenges for patients, parents and healthcare professionals.

Stephen Faraone, PhD is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University and President of the World Federation of ADHD.

We’re collaborating on a new and unprecedented book. The Misunderstood Mind: ADHD in the 21st Century will take aim at the barrage of misinformation targeted at ADHD and the exceptional stigma surrounding this disorder. It will investigate how a determined group of “skeptics” spread misinformation about the science, medication, and alternative treatments involved with ADHD. We will refute many myths about the disorder, arm doctors, parents and patients with the 21st century facts they need to combat this propaganda and help them optimize the lives of people with ADHD.

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About Dr. Faraone

Stephen Vincent Faraone (born July 27, 1956) is an American psychologist. He has worked mainly on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and related disorders.

Dr. Faraone graduated in 1978 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook with a BA in Psychology. He then went to the University of Iowa where he obtained his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. Faraone completed a postdoctoral clinical psychology internship and a research fellowship at Brown University.

After completing his post-doctoral fellowship at Brown, Dr. Faraone came to the Harvard Department of Psychiatry, where he began a career in psychiatric genetics. He first served as an instructor in 1985, and as an assistant professor in 1989. He was promoted to associate professor in 1993 and full professor in 2002. In 2004 he moved to SUNY Upstate Medical University where he is now Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience and Physiology.

Dr. Faraone has authored over 700 journal articles, editorials, chapters, and books and was the eighth highest producer of High Impact Papers in Psychiatry from 1990 to 1999 as determined by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). In 2005, ISI determined him to be the second highest cited author in the area of ADHD and in 2007, he was the third most highly cited researcher in psychiatry for the preceding decade

Dr. Faraone's research has been funded by the U.S. National Institute of Health, the European Union and the following pharmaceutical companies: Otsuka, Shire/Takeda, Ironshore, McNeil, Janssen and Supernus. He has received income or potential income from Aardvark, Rhodes, OnDosis, Tris, Otsuka, Arbor, Ironshore, KemPharm/Corium, Akili, Supernus, Takeda, Atentiv, Noven and Genomind. With his institution, he has US patent US20130217707 A1 for the use of sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibitors in the treatment of ADHD. These disclosures are routinely reported in relevant publications

Support for creating the ADHD Evidence site was provided by unrestricted educational grants from Supernus and Corium. The International Consensus Statement was not supported by any funding agency. It was made possible by donations of time and effort by each author.

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Books published

  • Tsuang MT, Faraone SV. The Genetics of Mood Disorders, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins; 1990
  • Faraone SV, Tsuang, D, Tsuang MT. Genetics of Mental Disorders: A Guide for Students, Clinicians, and Researchers, New York, NY: Guilford;1999.
  • Faraone, S.V. Straight Talk About Your Child’s Mental Health: What To Do When Something Seems Wrong, New York, NY: Guilford, 2003.
  • Tsuang MT, Faraone SV & Glatt SG Schizophrenia: The Facts, Oxford University Press; 2011.
  • Faraone, S.V. & Antshel, K. ADHD: Non-Pharmacologic Interventions Elsevier, 2014

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