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Disorder Fabrication Syndrome (DFS)
Barry Turner Lecturer in Medical Ethics and law University of Lincoln England, United Kingdom
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The History of ADD/ADHD
Under Construction
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Netherlands panel rejects ADHD
diagnosis as a mental illness - news alert! -
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder The recent ruling of the Netherlands Advertisement Code Commission (NACC) concerning the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be a first step toward exposing in the United States what many experts long have argued is a fraudulent diagnosis.
As the result of a lawsuit filed by the Dutch chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, an international psychiatric watchdog organization, the NACC ruled that, "The information that the defendant [the Netherlands Brain Foundation] presented gives no grounds for the definitive statement that ADHD is an inherent brain dysfunction.... Under the circumstances, the defendant has not been careful enough and the advertisement is misleading."
The NACC explained in its ruling that, "The defendant states in her statement that ADHD is an inborn brain dysfunction and [we] can rely on the results of scientific research and scientific articles about the cause of ADHD. The information that the defendant presented does not provide sufficient grounds for the definite statement that ADHD is an inborn brain dysfunction. While searching for the cause of ADHD, the different research projects give different possibilities. There is no unequivocal opinion on the cause of ADHD in the papers that the defendant presented."
In short, "scientific" data presented to show that ADHD is a mental disorder was not convincing and the NACC ordered the Brain Foundation to cease false claims to the contrary in its advertising.
INSIGHT has reported extensively on the alleged ADHD diagnosis, including statements by some of the top U.S. medical experts, that are in line with the Dutch government's ruling. For instance, David Satcher said in his 1999 Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health that, "There is no definitive lesion, laboratory test or abnormality in brain tissue that can identify the illness." And the 1998 Consensus Development Conference on the Diagnosis of Treatment of ADHD, held by the National Institutes of Health, states: "We do not have an independent, valid test for ADHD, and there are no data to indicate that ADHD is due to a brain malfunction. ... Finally, after years of clinical research and experience with ADHD, our knowledge about the cause or causes of ADHD remains speculative."
Source: Insight Magazine. By Kelly O'Meara
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The Myth of the Hyperactive Child & Other Means of Child Control By Peter Schrag and Diane Divoky The Absolute Best ADD/ADHD History Source for anyone who wishes to learn about this label and its background. This site highly recommends that every person read this outstanding resource and factual guide detailing the start of this billion dollar industry.
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