Caution on ADHD diagnosis
At the bottom of the text you will find the original article "Caution with ADHD diagnosis" cut from the newspaper
Article Algemeen Dagblad
Caution on ADHD diagnosis
By: Steven Pont
There was once a conference on pain, where top scientists in the field of pain management took to the speakers' podium to give their views on what pain actually is. Each speaker provoked rebuttals from other speakers and no matter how they tried, there was no consensus on when exactly we can speak of pain. The last speaker was an old professor. He mounted the podium after all the heated debates, looked over his glasses, waited until the room was quiet, and then said: It is pain, when it hurts.And then he sat down again.
I was reminded of this anecdote when I was reading Laura Batstra's book, which has the provocative title: ?How do you prevent ADHD? By not diagnosing it? According to Batstra, we should be wary of trying to determine too quickly whether something is nou ADHD is or is not. Because, she says, actually it doesn't even matter. Especially not in the beginning, when help is just being sought.
That diagnosis can always come later, let's first see if we can use known therapeutic techniques and parenting support to influence the difficult behaviour. After all, there are no interventions specifically aimed at ADHD, it is always a normal therapeutic process of behavioural change. Only when that does not work can medication perhaps play a role. It would save a lot of money, according to Batstra, and it would probably also reduce the number of overdiagnoses (wrongful diagnoses of a disorder).
How different this sounds from the approach of, say, international ADHD expert Russell Barkley, which advises parents of a child with ADHD to really treat their child as a disabled to see. Now I don't know about this Barkley, but Batstra also gives in her book, en passant, a disconcerting picture of the intertwining of scientists and the pharmaceutical industry (with 5 billion turnover per year). I don't say it easily, but this book is a must-read if you have anything to do with ADHD!
Steven Pont is a family therapist.
Complaints due to ADD / ADHD
Do you still have a lot of symptoms of ADHD or ADD and want to know more about a good natural alternative supplement? Then consider LTO3. LTO3 has been used in Canada for years by lots of people with ADHD and ADD with great success. Drugs like Ritalin are even banned there just as they are in the UK. It turns out that many people with ADD and ADHD respond very well to this 100% natural remedy that is now available for sale in the Netherlands. Click on the link below for more information on LTO3:
You can read many experiences of people already taking LTO3 via the link below:
> LTO3 experiences of people with ADD and ADHD
See below the newspaper clipping of the article: "Caution on ADHD diagnosis"
