New research suggests that some children successfuly fake the symptoms of ADHD in order to get drugs or gain special privileges in school.
According to a research paper published in Psychological Assessment [“Detection of Feigned ADHD in College Students” Volume 22, Issue 2, June 2010, Pages 325-335], “Significant motivations and incentives exist for young-adult students to seek a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). With ADHD information readily accessible on the Internet, today’s students are likely to be symptom educated prior to evaluation. This may result in false-positive diagnoses, particularly when students are motivated to convey symptoms.”
Faking these symptoms is easy, given the subjective nature of psychiatric diagnosis. And who hasn’t had an occasional period of attention deficiency, particularly when tired or hungry, as can be frequently observed among students in an early morning class.
ADHD is a fraudulent diagnosis. Yes, people can have problems in life, and yes, people can have study difficulties; these are not, however, some mental illness caused by a deficiency of psychotropic drugs in their brains. These are symptoms of things like being lazy, tired or hungry, or eating lots of sugar instead of proper nutrition, or some real existing medical condition that has gone undiagnosed and untreated, or simply not having been taught to read. There are hundreds of conditions that could cause these symptoms — one has to conduct legitimate tests until the real condition is found and handled. There are no medical tests for so-called ADHD, because it isn’t a real illness. It is simply an excuse to produce and sell drugs. The fact that these drugs are harmful and addictive just means that psychiatrists are producing patients for life in order to ensure a continuing stream of income.
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