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The idea of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a credible diagnostic term has passed and it is time that we accept that and move on. Fads and disappointments are not new to the field of psychology nor is the need for people to get beyond them.
ADHD: Has the diagnostic fad run its course?
Seeded on Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:41 PM EDT
Article Source: Christian Science Monitor- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
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At one time, ADHD appeared to be a reasonable theory that might help people address genuine concerns.
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This superfluity of focused misinformation has helped fuel a pharmacological intervention that would have seemed absurd two generations ago. As of 2006, 4.5 million kids have been diagnosed with ADHD, with nearly half taking medication. In 2008, the ADHD pharmaceutical market was worth $4 billion.
Relatively quickly this diagnostic protocol was recognized as the CASH COW it is and diagnoses and prescriptions began to be handed out like so many coupons. This, coupled with the pharma promotion standard practice of enticing doctors to "LECTURE" their colleagues on the benefits of being on the pharma payroll created the current ADHD climate.
#1 - Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:48 PM EDTI sure as hell hope that this debacle is over.
Very good catch!
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Shock therapy is actually still alive and well. Sensationalized in movies. I knew someone who had it in the 60s and said they were better afterwards. In cases of persistent depression, when all else fails, it's a good last resort.
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#2 - Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:50 AM EDTIn cases of persistent depression, when all else fails, it's a good last resort.
I'll respond. Your comment is a COMPLETE fallacy.
ECT (electro convulsive therapy) is used. HOWEVER it is also currently being reviewed by certain world organizations for being EXACTLY what it is which is-- TORTURE. In many places around the globe the "standard of care" is SORELY lacking. Still being practiced as it was in the 40's & 50's with head and neck injuries, broken bones, jaws and teeth damage and others including death.
Not to mention its known side effects of memory loss, lethargy, and others.
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Oh sorry, I said GOOD last resort. That's not really true. Yes - it's extreme. But nonetheless, a last resort for people who are hopelessly depressed, and all medication/ therapy hasn't worked. Why is that a fallacy? There are around a million people in the US currently undergoing ECT. It is under very strict guidelines. The patients are sedated. They do not feel / or remember the procedure. I don't see why you would call that TORTURE. Better ECT than suicide.
My purpose for the comment was actually just to point out that the article is inaccurate, and that procedure is still in use.
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There are around a million people in the US currently undergoing ECT.
Site the source please.
They do not feel / or remember the procedure.
Memory loss. And it goes WAY BEYOND the short term memory loss of the procedure.
Memory loss. And it goes WAY BEYOND the short term memory loss of the procedure.
Depends on how you use it. Since the 40s when it was first tried, it's been refined.
No argument that it's a dangerous tool that can be abused.
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If its Wed... (forced ECT example)
Irish Psych wards "unfit for human habitation" antiquated ECT delivery methods and facilities
NAMI promotes ECT for pregnant depression sufferers NAMI is an established APA & pharma front group
Psychiatry & the Police State: Psych treatment as a form of repression including torture
and these are just in the last 18-24 months
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The real problem here lies in our inability, as a culture of parents and teachers, to utilize and channel that youthful creative energy that some normal kids have. The quick, easy, and much preferred way to handle any difficult challenge is to pop a pill or two, everybody does it. It’s a sign of our times, and that is a sad thing indeed.
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#3 - Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:04 AM EDTLargely accurate but what this amounts to is complicit drugging to control an individual without their approval. It doesn't matter the age.
Which, of course is a crime against the spirit of the individual.
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