{"podcast":{"title":"Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson","slug":"hyperfocus-with-rae-jacobson-7037869","podcast_index_feed_id":7037869,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/rovQkSeI","website_url":"https://www.understood.org/en/podcasts/hyperfocus","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/833a165d-5e3f-4f74-a9ab-ae449f2d94a4/782cc626-8eb8-4f1a-b33e-4d275a7fde55/3000x3000/hyperfocusapplelogo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Understood.org","episode_count":55,"summary":"Hyperfocus is a show that zeroes in on what fascinates us about ADHD, mental health, and learning. Big questions like, “Does ADHD make you more likely to have postpartum depression?” Little nitpicks (TikTok was wrong about something?!), and personal conversations with everyone from old bosses and hilarious comedians, to leading researchers. Because on this show, hyperfocus isn’t the distraction — it’s the assignment.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T12:23:44.916692+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hyperfocus-with-rae-jacobson-7037869"},"episode":{"title":"Why there’s no “gold standard” for adult ADHD tests","slug":"why-there-s-no-gold-standard-for-adult-adhd-tests","published_at":"2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hyperfocus-with-rae-jacobson-7037869/why-there-s-no-gold-standard-for-adult-adhd-tests","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hyperfocus-with-rae-jacobson-7037869","url":"https://www.understood.org/en/podcasts/hyperfocus/adult-adhd-tests","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1245/afp-935247-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/413aead8-30e8-4194-b1de-a79e272c9a2b/episodes/d29c4399-1a3f-4603-bdfd-9e547098dec2/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=413aead8-30e8-4194-b1de-a79e272c9a2b&awEpisodeId=d29c4399-1a3f-4603-bdfd-9e547098dec2&feed=rovQkSeI","summary":"Last fall, I heard something that floored me: The tests we have for ADHD in adults don’t work very well. As an adult with ADHD, I think about this all the time because our diagnosis is so stigmatized and so misunderstood. It’s overdiagnosed. It’s underdiagnosed. Everybody has it. Nobody has it. If only there were a silver bullet or some test that could definitively say yes or no. So, I asked the two Chicago School faculty members who got me thinking about this after their presentation at the CHADD conference last year: Jessica Rosenfeld, a clinical psychologist, and Reneh Karamians, a neurorehabilitation psychologist. They explained why adult ADHD diagnosis is so difficult, and how new scan technology holds promise for spotting ADHD in the brain.","meta_description":"Last fall, I heard something that floored me: The tests we have for ADHD in adults don’t work very well. As an adult with ADHD, I think about this all the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1607,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hyperfocus-with-rae-jacobson-7037869/episodes/why-there-s-no-gold-standard-for-adult-adhd-tests/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hyperfocus-with-rae-jacobson-7037869/why-there-s-no-gold-standard-for-adult-adhd-tests.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}