The Pain Gap

Anushay Hossain

Join Anushay Hossain, feminist author, podcast host, and powerful women’s health advocate as she interviews doctors, advocates and medical experts about the most urgent issues in women's health. Based on her Audible bestselling book, “The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women," The Pain Gap podcast provides a vital platform for critical conversations about medical gaslighting and misogyny. Anushay's point is clear: center women's stories and empower listeners to advocate for their health. She also invites male listeners to stand as allies in women's healthcare. Afterall, women's rights is a human rights issue. Through candid discussions, The...

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The Pain Gap

Episodes (69)

Thursday 68. What We Get Wrong About ADHD and Why Women Pay the Price with Reed Beeley
Thu Apr 9th 67. The Path of Least Regret: Making Impossible Decisions When Everything Is Uncertain with Parul Somani
Thu Apr 2nd 66. When Hormones Get Labeled as Mental Illness with Mandi Dixon

The Pain Gap

Apr 16, 2026
47¼ minutes
38 MB

Reed Beeley is a clinician working at the intersection of mental health, addiction, and ADHD, and what he's seeing points to something much bigger than individual diagnosis. It's a systemic gap in how ADHD is understood, identified, and treated in women. In this conversation, we unpack why ADHD is so often missed, starting with diagnostic criteria built around how symptoms present in boys, not girls. Reed explains how cultural expectations and gender stereotypes delay diagnosis or prevent it altogether, leaving many women mislabeled as anxious, emotional, or burned out. We also get into how ADHD is frequently misdiagnosed as...

The Pain Gap

68. What We Get Wrong About ADHD and Why Women Pay the Price with Reed Beeley

Anushay Hossain

00:00 -47:19