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Podcast: Medical Spanish Podcast
Episode: ADHD in Spanish – Problemas en la escuela
Description:
What you are about to hear is a clinical encounter in Spanish about a girl who is diagnoesed with attention deficity hyperactivity disorder / ADHD (trastorno de déficit de atención con hiperactividad / TDAH en español). The original dialogue was written in English by a listener, Dr. Craig Horn. Dr. Horn is a pediatrician who treats patients with ADHD. He emailed me the following.
“Philosophically, ADHD can be a beautiful gift of high energy  and creativity when developed properly. ADHD is not a disease but simply who we are. I think the medical/psychiatric model of ADHD...