Head, heart, hormones: Why women’s ADHD care should treat the whole person (classic)

E48 - Head, heart, hormones: Why women’s ADHD care should treat the whole person (classic)

Published: June 18, 2026

Duration: 27:48

Last year, Hyperfocus took a field trip to San Diego for an ADHD conference called APSARD, which stands for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (quite a mouthful).

A conference of ADHD professionals might not sound fascinating, but it was — and we learned a ton. But there was one person and one talk I really wanted to find: A keynote speech about how ADHD affects women’s bodies by Dr. Sandra Kooij. 

What Sandra is doing is something so sensible and radical: Looking at ADHD as a whole-body issue. Digging into how it ca...