3a. ADHD is genuine

Healthcare providers accept that ADHD is a genuine disorder
   The American Medical Association concluded in 1998

that diagnostic criteria for ADHD are based on extensive research
and, if applied appropriately,    
lead to the diagnosis   with high reliability.

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of  Mental Disorders 

  

is officially accepted by most professionals.

  Debate in the 

 scientific community 

 centering mainly around 

 diagnosis   and 

 treatment.

There are three basic 

schools of thought for ADHD.  

1. Some   therapists encourage accepting the diagnosis
and embracing   your differences
The difference between the     hunter 
and   the farmer    
demonstrates their reasoning. 

 A hunter or warrior     needs to
pay attention to many things to
  
stay alive.

Dr Hallowell, another expert wrote
"Driven to Distraction in 1995. 

 The book is described as "groundbreaking" 
helping many people    

 understand why they have felt like freaks.       

Many of us have always felt something was wrong  
and been diagnosed with many other things.  

For more information see  5. ADHD usually means Co-Morbidity

 "Creativity flies in on the wings of impulsiveness."   

The documentary    explains.

      "ADD & Loving It"
is very informative and hilarious.  

So there are some professions with excitement for someone with ADHD.
   

However,    thousands of studies
  have not confirmed any benefits 
to having ADHD.

•  continued   3b   ADHD is genuine

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