After turning 87 years old, American psychiatrist Dr. Leon Eisenberg announced to the German weekly Der Spiegel on 2 February 2012 that … “ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease.” Seven months later, he died. Apparently, he had decided to come clean and confess before moving to the beyond. Unfortunately, Eisenberg’s words can be said to many of the diseases we deem ‘real’ today.
Dr. Eisenberg was one of the leaders of a 1968 committee that had created an early Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM II). There and then this small committee of psychiatrists, as is the norm, first came up with a behavioral description and labeled it Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
At first, the term “hyperkinetic reaction of childhood,” was described and agreed upon by the committee and confirmed by a small percentage of APA (American Psychiatric Association) members as a mental disorder. Later, the term was altered to the current ADHD.
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