ADHD International Consensus Statement – A Red Herring

Now, I’d expect Dr. Valentine and Dr. Baughman and their supporters to know all about this statement, yet they seemingly remain adamant in their point of view, that ‘ADHD’ does not exist. Why is that?

Possibly, it’s because the ‘International Consensus Statement on ADHD’ is a red herring.

Here we have SEVENTY-FIVE "prominent medical doctors and researchers in AD/HD" and, despite all their PhDs and what have you, none of them can tell the difference between a disease and a diagnosis!!

Unfortunately for Dr. Barkley and his cohorts, I CAN. So can Dr. Valentine. So can Dr. Baughman. So can anyone who won’t be intimidated by the apparent ‘authority’ of the International Consensus Statement into leaping before they look.

How many times does the term ‘ADHD’ appear in Dr. Barkley’s statement?

I counted twenty-five.

How many times are the diagnostic criteria for ‘ADHD’ presented in the statement?

A big fat zero!

Twenty-five references to ‘ADHD’ and not one of those uses of the term 'ADHD' is validated by the presentation of legitimate diagnostic criteria.

Why doesn't Dr. Barkley want to talk to us about his ‘diagnostic criteria’? Why doesn't he want to tell us exactly HOW he and other members of his profession decide that somebody ‘has ADHD’?

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