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- Authors: Paul Kudlow Karline Treurnicht Naylor & Elia Abi-Jaoude
- Full Title:: In an Era of Split Attention, There Is More Than One Type of ADHD
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- URL:: https://psyche.co/ideas/in-an-era-of-split-attention-there-is-more-than-one-type-of-adhd?utm_source=rss-feed
- Read date:: 2025-10-03
Highlights
Could also be that it is better diagnosed
In the past two decades, as the digital tide has risen, diagnoses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) haven’t merely inched up: they have more than doubled in adults and climbed by two-thirds in children, according to large US cohort studies. The coincidence is striking and worth unpacking. (View Highlight)
Ritalin (methylphenidate) and Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) – both of which boost the brain’s dopamine (View Highlight)
Type I ADHD, the classical form, reflects neurodevelopmental traits. But for someone who is more Type II, the dysregulation may emerge later, driven largely by overstimulation in a screen-saturated world. (View Highlight)
For Type II, the best therapeutic target may be the environment: screen time might need to drop well below what most users consider ‘moderate’, and be limited to deliberate windows and offset by offline, focus-building tasks. (View Highlight)