A surprising answer from an international expert
Read the full provocative article in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/health/the-selling-of-attention-deficit-disorder.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
We should be alarmed. Very alarmed. This comes from Dr. Keith Conners who has led the fight to legitimize ADHD over the last 50 years. His diagnostic checklists are still used today.
“The numbers make it look like an epidemic. Well, it’s not. It’s preposterous,” Dr. Conners, a psychologist and professor emeritus at Duke University, said in a subsequent interview. “This is a concoction to justify the giving out of medication at unprecedented and unjustifiable levels.”
