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Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most
prevalent neuropsychiatric label in childhood, a valid medical
condition? Should we really refer to the millions of children
diagnosed with ADHD as children who suffer from the 'diabetes of
psychiatry' - a chronic and harmful biological condition that must
be treated regularly with powerful psychoactive substances?
Building on previous critiques, this thorough, elegant, and mainly
courageous book answers these questions through a step-by-step
rebuttal of the scientific consensus about ADHD and its first-line
treatment with stimulant medications.While maintaining scientific
rigor, this book is written in a clear, creative, and flowing way,
using colorful examples - some funny, some tragic - which sweep the
reader and inspire social change. The book integrates key critiques
into one consolidated source, uncovers massive evidence against the
efficacy and safety of stimulant medications, and offers principal
solutions to this burning socio-educational problem. But most
importantly, this book reviews dozens of reliability and validity
gaps in the overriding biomedical consensus. It exposes multiple
biases and non-parsimonious bandages (unjustified rationalizations)
aimed at hiding the scientific holes of the consensus and it
redefines ADHD as a non-pathological quality/mode-of-thought that
has both weaknesses and strengths. In this way, the book serves as
the missing needle required to pierce the over-blown theoretical
balloon commonly known as ADHD.
Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most
prevalent neuropsychiatric label in childhood, a valid medical
condition? Should we really refer to the millions of children
diagnosed with ADHD as children who suffer from the 'diabetes of
psychiatry' - a chronic and harmful biological condition that must
be treated regularly with powerful psychoactive substances?
Building on previous critiques, this thorough, elegant, and mainly
courageous book answers these questions through a step-by-step
rebuttal of the scientific consensus about ADHD and its first-line
treatment with stimulant medications.While maintaining scientific
rigor, this book is written in a clear, creative, and flowing way,
using colorful examples - some funny, some tragic - which sweep the
reader and inspire social change. The book integrates key critiques
into one consolidated source, uncovers massive evidence against the
efficacy and safety of stimulant medications, and offers principal
solutions to this burning socio-educational problem. But most
importantly, this book reviews dozens of reliability and validity
gaps in the overriding biomedical consensus. It exposes multiple
biases and non-parsimonious bandages (unjustified rationalizations)
aimed at hiding the scientific holes of the consensus and it
redefines ADHD as a non-pathological quality/mode-of-thought that
has both weaknesses and strengths. In this way, the book serves as
the missing needle required to pierce the over-blown theoretical
balloon commonly known as ADHD.
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