The first episode of Actually ADHD.

Jonathan Murphy, PMHNP-BC, board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with 20,000+ clinical hours specializing in adult ADHD, opens the show with the conversation the internet hasn't been having.

This episode covers:

• Why the book The Process: An Adult's Guide to ADHD Medication exists and why the field needed it
• The clinical history of ADHD from 18th-century behavioral observations to the modern DSM
• Charles Bradley's 1937 discovery at the Emma Pendleton Bradley Home that changed the field
• The pharmacology evolution from immediate-release amphetamine to modern extended-release formulations
• Why adult ADHD treatment is in some ways newer than the patients in it
• The personal story of becoming the ADHD clinician
• Why most prescribers in primary care and general psychiatry struggle with optimization
• What "Actually ADHD" actually means

The book The Process: An Adult's Guide to ADHD Medication is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2Z6PM4T

Find the YouTube channel Focus Path | PMHNP-BC for full clinical education content.

For educational purposes only. Not medical advice. Consult your own provider for clinical decisions.