The Myth of ADHD

Does the ADHD disorder really exist? We can doubt it for at least three reasons:

• There is no independent psycho-diagnostic instrument that can prove its existence; drug-oriented questionnaires are not acceptable since they presuppose that psychiatric drugs are the true test for measuring the presence of this pathology. Dr. Lawrence H. Diller wrote: “Practically every researcher in ADHD now accepts drug company money as do the self help groups for at least a part of their work and projects.”

• There is no medical/laboratory evidence which proves that ADHD might be an organic disease; it is all based on a teacher and a parent filling a questionnaire; and on a clinical interview. There is no other disease that is diagnosed with a pencil-and-paper test; and a chat with a physician. Would you trust a diagnosis of cancer carried out in such a manner? If ADHD was a neurobiological disorder — as it is claimed to be — then it should appear in neurology texts, not in psychiatric literature.

• There are many pathologies which mimic ADHD and which pertain to a wide variety of aspects of life. A simple common sense rule in science teaches us that the more the symptoms of a given disease overlap with those of other diseases, the more it is likely that it doesn't exist. The pathologies capable of mimicking ADHD are at least seventy in number.
  CONSULT THE DATABASE OF PATHOLOGIES AND CONDITIONS MIMICKING ADHD

The ADHD Claims

International Consensus Statement on ADHD — January 2002

The ADHD Fraud Exposed

International Consensus on ADHD by “Giù Le Mani Dai Bambini”

What Every Parent Needs To Know About A.D.D. — Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D.

Immunize Your Child Against Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) — Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D.

Testimony of Neurologist Fred A. Baughman, 2000, Arkansas House of Representatives

OISM Press Release on Castellanos’ Experiment on ADHD

The ADHD-As-A-“Disease” Fraud Rolls On — Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD

Fred A. Baughman Jr. comments on Castellanos’ experiment

Colorado State Board of Education Resolution: Promoting the use of academic solutions to resolve problems with behaviour, attention, and learning whereas

Neurologist Fred A. Baughman writes to JAMA’s editor — November 2002

The True Causes of ADHD Symptoms

50 conditions mimicing ADHD

Small Study Supports Food Allergy-ADHD Link

Food Additives Associated With ADHD Symptoms, Archives of Diseases in Childhood

Are Sleep Problems Linked to Inattention and Hyperactivity?

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