Британский психиатр

Philip Asherson and colleagues argue that the concept of ADHD in adults is valid (doi:10.1136/bmj.c549) but Joanna Moncrieff and Sami Timimi believe that it is supported by little more than aggressive marketing

Interest in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has grown rapidly in some countries because drug companies have realised that it provides an “expanding and lucrative market” for stimulants and related drugs.1 They have promoted the concept by suggesting that common behaviours, such as forgetting car keys, may be symptoms,2 and many adults are being diagnosed who were never diagnosed as children. We explain why little more than aggressive marketing is available to support adult ADHD.

Whether childhood ADHD is a valid and useful diagnosis is disputed on many grounds, including lack of physical or psychological markers, high comorbidity rates, difficulty in differentiating normal symptoms from pathological ones, inconsistent clustering of symptoms, differing cultural perceptions and variation…

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