>>12272454>"my ignorance makes me more knowledgible than scientists"except we're not talking of scientists but of psychiatrists, teachers, insurance and school policies.
ADHD first became part of the DSM-IIIR in 1987. It was constructed around the idea of a behavioral defect that involves students being unruly and having problems shifting or keeping their attention to school tasks. So yes, ADHD was invented by pathologizing certain behavioral traits of most likely bored, fidgety or emotionally unruly kids. One year later in 1988, more than 150,000 kids have already been diagnosed with ADHD. By now, 20 % of all boys have gotten an AD(H)D diagnosis with a very significant gender bias.
Five years later in the early '90s, the prescription of drugs like Ritalin or Adderall became the mainstream approach to treating ADHD. It only took the FDA half a year to authorize the distribution of these drugs, this in part due to certain liberations that happened in the later '80s. By that time, there were no studies done on the potentially negative long-term effects these medications could have. We now know that ADHD medications cause stunted growth, diminsh hunger, are addictive and increase overall inclination to drug use. They also seem to alter not only brain function but even brain tissue.
The medicamentation approach is still pushed by the pharmaceutical industries who often launch so called "awareness" programs that are supposed to convince the public of the reality of this disorder that allegedly would make their children fail at life.
In short, it's a made up diagnosis created to drug disobedient children and generating revenues in the range of billions each year.
