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> "It’s time to rethink our understanding of this condition, offer more thorough diagnostic work, and help people get the right treatment for attention deficit
by darkarmani 13y ago
> "It’s time to rethink our understanding of this condition, offer more thorough diagnostic work, and help people get the right treatment for attention deficit and hyperactivity."
What condition? Doesn't the title say this condition doesn't exist? This article is just trying to sell his book.
Besides the fact that qEEG has shown differences in activity in adults that identify with having ADHD.
- nickff 13y agoArticle authors often have no input on the how their piece is titled, so I would not be so quick to judge the journalist.
- bryanlarsen 13y agoThe book has the same title.
- darkarmani 13y agoThat's the title of the guy's book.
- hellogoodby3 13y agoHe isn't denying that ADHD doesn't exist but instead he is saying that it exists as a symptom of other ailments. His title is a bit inflammatory, but that doesn't disprove his argument. The article is much better than you are giving it credit for.
- darkarmani 13y ago> but that doesn't disprove his argument His argument is ridiculous. ADHD is defined as symptoms and we don't have a full understanding of the underlying cause. Everyone knows that the drug treatment only treats the symptoms. If his argument is that we are only treating the symptoms then he hasn't added any knowledge. If he knows the "cure" why doesn't he make the claim: "I know how to cure ADHD?"
- hellogoodby3 13y agoHe can't "cure ADHD" because it is a symptom of many different things. He has to diagnose the patient and determine the underlying cause. He gave a list of potential causes that included vision problems, iron deficiency, and sleep problems. I imagine each of these have their own cure which in turn fixes the symptoms of ADHD. You are implying that ADHD only has a single cause, the author is disagreeing with you.
- darkarmani 13y agoYou and the author are both talking as if ADHD exists which counters his book title. I'm not the one making the bold claim -- the author is in his title.
- MBCook 13y agoThe claim is that ADHD __as currently defined__ does not exist. That's very different from "no one is suffering from these clusters of symptoms".