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What do you think about the fact that the creator of the term "ADHD," Dr. Leon Eisenberg, said that ADHD is vastly over diagnosed?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46853points) May 26th, 2013

Interesting article on Snopes about this. The rumor that made it to Snopes was that he said “ADHD is a fictitious disease.” That’s not quite what said though, and Snopes gave it a “partially true” rating.
Dr. Eisenberg said, “The genetic predisposition to ADHD is completely over rated.”
Reading the article it sounds like he’s saying that most of the time doctors decide a “problem child” has ADHD and stops there. They don’t bother looking for any other possible cause, such as home life, lack of discipline, etc.

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