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Our distracted age

ADHD
Sooty Wings

Katherine Ellison on September 26, 2013

Looking back on a lifetime of serious distraction, and how I learned to cope.

Looking back on a lifetime of serious distraction, and how I learned to cope.

ADHD
ADHD Primer

Katherine Ellison on September 26, 2013

In an age of increasing distraction, ADHD is more prevalent than ever—but how much do we really know about it?

In an age of increasing distraction, ADHD is more prevalent than ever—but how much do we really know about it?

Anxiety
The Art of Doing Nothing

Katherine Ellison on September 13, 2013

Impulsivity isn't always wrong, but it's wise to learn how to separate impulse from action.

Impulsivity isn't always wrong, but it's wise to learn how to separate impulse from action.

ADHD
The ADHD Tax

Katherine Ellison on September 12, 2013

ADHD is costing Americans tens of billions of dollars every year.

ADHD is costing Americans tens of billions of dollars every year.

Psychopathy
Where Adam Lanza Might Have Found Compassion

Katherine Ellison on January 24, 2013

“A child needs your love most when he deserves it the least,” wrote the columnist Erma Bombeck, yet I was curious how she might have reacted to a Mendota inmate I’ll call Brandon: a plump, freckled, red-haired sex-offender of 14, with pale-lashed, narrow blue eyes. He wound up at Mendota with a long rap sheet, including charges that he’d assaulted an employee at school...

“A child needs your love most when he deserves it the least,” wrote the columnist Erma Bombeck, yet I was curious how she might have reacted to a Mendota inmate I’ll call Brandon: a plump, freckled, red-haired sex-offender of 14, with pale-lashed, narrow blue eyes. He wound up at Mendota with a long rap sheet, including charges that he’d assaulted an employee at school...