Inaccurate and negatively-biased information about ADHD bombards us from all sides, in public and professional media alike. Sad to say, most of it is just plain wrong. One recent review of information posted on TikTok concluded that only 40% of it is accurate, 60% is not. Selected stories about negative effects of medications, presenting statistics in a way that magnifies negatives, repeating outdated beliefs which have no basis in fact, examples are too numerous to count. 

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How can you find reliable accurate information? There is now an easy-to-find source, the ADHD Evidence Project – adhdevidence.org – founded by Dr. Stephen Faraone, one of the foremost researchers in the field of ADHD over the past 30 years. Join Dr. Faraone and I as we dive into the backstory of the Project and discuss how it makes accurate and reliable information about ADHD available to you. Listen and learn! 

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Find out more here about Dr. Faraone!

After earning his Masters and PhD degrees Dr Faraone began a career in psychiatric genetics in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard University in 1985. He rose steadily through the academic ranks, gaining promotion to full professor in 2002. in 2004 he moved to SUNY Upstate Medical University where he is now Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 

The goal of the ADHD Evidence Project is to improve the lives of people with ADHD by selecting, organizing, distributing, and promoting well-researched and evidence-based conclusions about the disorder to patients, families, and clinicians. 

The basis for it is The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement published in 2021 and authored by eighty (80) world-leading ADHD experts. The Statement is comprised of 208 statements about different aspects of ADHD, from how it affects people and society to diagnosis to treatments, all supported by well-researched evidence. It points out that most cases of ADHD are caused by the combined effects of many genetic and environmental risks, that there are small differences in brain structure and function between people with and without ADHD, that untreated ADHD can cause a multitude of adverse outcomes, and that neglecting to recognize it and treat it effectively costs society hundreds of billions of dollars each year worldwide.

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