——《CHINA DAILY》（2016年4月24日）

After nearly 30 years battling an unseen foe, a Beijing man has emerged greatly troubled butvictorious.

"Tao, put that ruler down."

"Jing, stop playing with Xiuli's hair."

"Feng, put your iPhone away."

Is this just another bunch of Chinese 8-year olds acting the way children always have, and alwayswill, when their interest in a classroom lesson is flagging, or is there something more sinister atplay?

Someone who knows a lot about a chronic inability to concentrate and about looking for andfinding the causes, says: "It was as if, after years of self-inflicted torture ... after all the anguishand self doubt, I finally had an explanation for everything."

The Beijing man, 34, who has asked to remain anonymous, says he finally found out what waswrong with him four years ago, three years after he graduated from university.

For him the symptoms were clear cut: He could never concentrate on what he knew he should bedoing, and he was easily distracted, which he had found held him back from studying and gettingwork done. He had concluded that he was simply a chronic procrastinator, but gradually realizedthere must be much more to it than that.

So he forced himself to do extensive research online, looking into certain psychological traits andusing these as a benchmark, comparing them with bad habits he had had as a child. Soon itemerged that he might have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, in which there is a habitualpattern of inattention that can be accompanied by hyperactivity and impulsiveness that interfereswith functioning or growth.

He went to Peking University Sixth Hospital, one of the country's top clinics treating mentaldisorders, where, much to his relief, an ADHD specialist confirmed that his suspicions werecorrect.

Since then he has been taking medication and undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy and sayshe now has much more control over his life. His disorder cannot be cured, but the symptoms thataffect life and work can be managed, he says.

No reliable figures on the current prevalence of ADHD in China are available, but in othercountries a figure of as high as 13 in 100 children has been reported, says Wei Ling, a childneurologist at Peking University Third Hospital, widely regarded as one of the best generalhospitals in China.

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原文链接：http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/weekend/2016-04/23/content_24780657.htm