Re:ADHD Pill Faces High Hurdle in Europe as Stigma Persists
by lutusp on Sunday October 06, 2013 @06:41AM
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> ADHD has been well validated.
So has Bigfoot. The difference between Bigfoot and a Grizzly bear is tangible evidence.
Want to prove that ADHD is real? Meet science's requirements, primarily a defined cause, unambiguous evidence, and falsifiability -- the possibility of definitively saying that a given person does not have ADHD.
This is not to argue that ADHD doesn't exist -- it is to say that this is not a matter of science, and until there's some science, anyone can claim to have ADHD, or PTSD, or Asperger's, or claim to have been raped by her father when she is in fact a virgin:
There will eventually be science where psychology now stands. But that process cannot begin until people begin to adopt a skeptical outlook appropriate to the subject's unscientific basis.
This is why the NIMH has decided to drop the DSM, and psychiatry along with it.
So has Bigfoot. The difference between Bigfoot and a Grizzly bear is tangible evidence.
Want to prove that ADHD is real? Meet science's requirements, primarily a defined cause, unambiguous evidence, and falsifiability -- the possibility of definitively saying that a given person does not have ADHD.
This is not to argue that ADHD doesn't exist -- it is to say that this is not a matter of science, and until there's some science, anyone can claim to have ADHD, or PTSD, or Asperger's, or claim to have been raped by her father when she is in fact a virgin:
http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/retracts/beth.shtml
There will eventually be science where psychology now stands. But that process cannot begin until people begin to adopt a skeptical outlook appropriate to the subject's unscientific basis.
This is why the NIMH has decided to drop the DSM, and psychiatry along with it.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/05/the-s...