2012 Burnett Lecture Part 1 Keynote Speaker: Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a rigorous clinical look at ADHD, including the view that it has no benefits and that external prompts help.
What it is
Russell Barkley gives the keynote at UNC's 2012 Burnett Seminar on ADHD. He presents it as an executive function disorder and discusses its effects and how to help.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 4 different months, 2013 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends mortdeus · 2013-04 · on “How I Used ADD to Build Great Businesses”
As somebody who has ADHD (Please start using the correct acronym.) I feel it is my obligation to make it absolutely clear to everyone that there is nothing beneficial about ADHD. If we are successful with ADHD, then we would only be more successful if we didnt have ADHD. [this video]
Recommends shadeless · 2013-09 · on “Procrastination should be solved by lighting fires, not filling buckets”
It sounds to me like you may have ADHD. Dr. Russell Barkley mentions in one of his speeches[1] that frequent prompts are one effective way to keep someone with ADHD accountable and on track. You may want to watch this shorter version[2] and see if you recognize yourself (that's doesn't proof anything of course, but it's a start). [1]: [this video] [2]: [LINK]
Recommends indolering · 2017-02 · on “Large imaging study confirms brain differences in ADHD”
> The way I describe it to most people is very simple. If you give a ADD/ADHD child Ritalin, Adderol, etc, they will calm down. You give those drugs to a normal child and they get super hyperactive. No they don't, ~25% won't feel anything. Most will become more focused. Methylphenidate and Methamphetamine /sound/ the same, but the former is better at "stimulating" certain brain structures : ) > Inversely, you give most people a stimulant such as caffeine and their heart beat increases and they perk up. I've always been very careful about coffee in the morning or teas as it is very much a calming downer. Sometimes I will drink a coffee to really calm my (always thinking too much) brain and le
Recommends terracatta · 2022-06 · on “Association between ADHD medication and depression: A 10-year follow-up”
> Every child I know diagnosed with ADHD had parents who didn't want to deal with them You must not know many parents then. Parents I know that have children with ADHD recognize their children are struggling beyond simple hyperactivity. These are children that are markedly behind their peers in childhood milestones regardless of their family upbringing, education, and socio-economic status. These are children that have a deficiency in the executive function of their brains where hyperactivity is one of many symptoms, and is not even necessarily the most worrying. These are children that struggle with simple tasks that other children do not. Parents of these children are no less loving, carin