# E266 - ADHD Treatment in the Real World: Prescribing Trends and Patient Outcomes with Dr. Ryan Sultán Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nei-podcast-385769/e266-adhd-treatment-in-the-real-world-prescribing-trends-and-patient-outcomes-with-dr-ryan-sult-n Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nei-podcast-385769/e266-adhd-treatment-in-the-real-world-prescribing-trends-and-patient-outcomes-with-dr-ryan-sult-n.md Podcast: [NEI Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nei-podcast-385769) Published: 2025-10-22T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://neiglobal.libsyn.com/adhd-treatment-in-the-real-world-prescribing-trends-and-patient-outcomes-with-dr-ryan-sultn Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/neiglobal/202510_Sultan_A01SD.mp3?dest-id=507143 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nei-podcast-385769/episodes/e266-adhd-treatment-in-the-real-world-prescribing-trends-and-patient-outcomes-with-dr-ryan-sult-n Duration seconds: 3123 ## Resource In this episode, Dr. Andy Cutler talks with Dr. Ryan Sultán about the evolving landscape of ADHD—why diagnoses and prescriptions have risen across age groups, what recent prescribing data reveal, and how these trends align with real-world clinical experience. They explore how ADHD medications affect not just symptoms but broader outcomes like school, work, and safety, while also addressing concerns about overdiagnosis, misuse, and disparities in access to care. Dr. Ryan Sultan is a board-certified adult and child psychiatris t specializing in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and assistant professor at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He is the Medical Director of NYC-based Integrative Psychiatry , where he assesses and treats patients using a combination of psychological, social, environmental, and pharmacological modalities. Integrative Psychiatry also provides ADHD treatment in Miami . As an ADHD psychiatrist , he conducts extensive ADHD research with a focus on using big data to improve ADHD treatment in real world settings, advocating for non-pharmacological interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for ADHD, coaching, and digital tools as a foundational treatment that precedes or supplements medication. He approaches ADHD treatment with a nuanced understanding of the current misuse and overdiagnosis crisis, and addresses this issue through careful assessment and monitoring. Andrew J. Cutler, MD , is a distinguished psychiatrist and researcher with extensive experience in clinical trials and psychopharmacology. He currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Neuroscience Education Institute and holds the position of Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Med… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nei-podcast-385769/episodes/e266-adhd-treatment-in-the-real-world-prescribing-trends-and-patient-outcomes-with-dr-ryan-sult-n/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/nei-podcast-385769/e266-adhd-treatment-in-the-real-world-prescribing-trends-and-patient-outcomes-with-dr-ryan-sult-n.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.