The approval of medications for adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be helping some adults come to terms with their disorder, one expert says. According to psychiatrist Richard Winer, adults who are treated for their ADHD not only become more productive and focussed, they are also more likely to get their children treated for ADHD in a timely manner. Winer says this is important since evidence suggests that ADHD often affects more than one person in a family, and...
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