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Is ADHD real? - Part 2

Dr. Fred Baughman, who was mentioned in the CNS News report on the Youth Affairs Network conference in Brisbane, clearly sides with Dr. Valentine:

“They made a list of the most common symptoms of emotional discomfiture of children; those which bother teachers and parents most, and - in a stroke that could not be more devoid of science or Hippocratic motive - termed them a 'disease.' Twenty five years of research, not deserving of the term 'research’, has failed to validate ADD/ADHD as a disease.”

ADHD Fraud – the official website of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (Neurologist, Pediatric Neurology)

And, from a letter to Stephen E. Hyman, MD, February 4, 2000:

“... even if the public remains confused and deceived on this point … not a single one of the 5-6 million children in the US labeled "ADHD" bears objective evidence of a physical or chemical abnormality establishing that they are diseased — other than normal.”

http://www.attention-deficit-disorder.org/

But, here, again, are no fewer than SEVENTY-FIVE scientists and medical professionals who are on the side of Dr. Fritz with a vengeance.

This is something I discovered called the ‘International Consensus Statement on ADHD’. It’s a statement signed by a “consortium of 75 international scientists, [who] are deeply concerned about the periodic inaccurate portrayal of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in media reports”.

This statement appears to be of such significance in the case FOR the existence of ‘ADHD’, that, in all fairness, I couldn’t possibly attempt to extract salient points from it, or to summarise it. I’ll have to give it to you in its entirety, even though it is rather long. It’s preceded by a brief introduction. Make sure you read it all!

International Consensus Statement on ADHD
From Additude Magazine

“Mainstream media coverage about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has historically been biased, full of misinformation and heavily influenced by anti-psychiatry groups.

In response to this unfortunate trend, Dr. Russell Barkley and 74 other prominent medical doctors and researchers in AD/HD issued the following statement, which was forwarded to additudemag.com for publication on Feb 1, 2002. ADDitude Magazine applauds these professionals for taking a stand and helping to set the record straight.

Here is the International Consensus Statement…


  
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