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ADHD: why everyone is fighting about it

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Pere Pages
Software Engineer
A human head in profile split into four coloured parts, with small groups of people around it arguing over DNA, a school classroom, a pill bottle and phone screens

Some people say ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is one of the best-studied conditions in psychiatry. Others say it is a label that turns normal restless children into patients. This post looks at why the argument never ends: it is really four different arguments, and the evidence is strong for some of them and weak for others.