It’s perfectly normal to feel scatterbrained and distracted sometimes, particularly when you feel more stressed than usual. In this video, healthcare professionals explain the difference between feeling unfocused and scatterbrained and actually having attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Dr. Samuels is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Watkins is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she's the Associate Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and was previously the Associate Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
References
ADDitude Mag. (2023). ADHD symptoms checklist: Signs of hyperactive, inattentive, combined subtypes.
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). (2017). Are you a multitasker?
Mashable. (2012). Only 2% of people can multitask successfully [INFOGRAPHIC].
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