A History of ADHD and its Treatment

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 15, 2024

Leon Neyfakh and Arielle Pardes talk about their new podcast, Backfired: Attention Deficit, which chronicles the history of ADHD, why diagnoses have shot up, and how it's treated.

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