ADHD acknowledges that it is a made disease before "ADHD father" dies

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Developmental disorders characterized by symptoms such as hyperactivity, inattention, impulsivityAttention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)For treatmentMethylphenidateIt is said that we need drugs called "father of ADHD"Leon EisenbergIn an interview that died seven months ago, "ADHD is a typical example of diseases made," says GermanDer SpiegelI commented on the magazine. Mr. Eisenberg died in October 2009 and the interview was held before that.

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Initially called "childhood exercise overreaction", attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder later named "ADHD" has been diagnosed and diagnosed with mental disorders as well as other mental illnesses over 40 years since 1968 It is named after the statistical manual (DSM - IV - TR).

Due to the definition of disability, sales of ADHD therapeutic drugs also increased, and in 1993 34 kg was increased to 1760 kg in 2011, which has jumped about 50 times over 18 years. As a result of the spread of medication, one out of ten years old boys in the United States already drinks ADHD remedy. According to Eisenberg, although there are actually children with symptoms of mental disorders, the number of ADHD patients is increasing rapidly due to the power of the pharmaceutical company and excessive diagnosis.

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ADHD, created by Mr. Leon Eisenberg, "Father of ADHD", increased drug sales coupled with excessive diagnosis. And as a result, from 2006 to 2009Diagnosis of mental disorders and guidance on statistics (DSM)V andInternational Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Issues (ICD)It also contributes to XII. He also won a prize for children and adolescent psychiatric research, and for over four decades he has worked on pharmacology trials, research, education and autism and social medicineIt was a leader..

Meanwhile, an American psychologistLisa CosgroveThey found out that 95 out of 170 members of DSM's committee, that is, about 56%, were found to have financial relationship with pharmaceutical companies. About 100% of the mood disorders, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders were connected with the pharmaceutical company. It seems that this connection was particularly strong with regard to diseases of which type of medicine is administered first as a treatment for psychosis.

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Also, Professor Irwin Savodnick of the University of California says, "Psychiatric terms are definitely defined by pharmaceutical companies,"Talking, As an example, the pediatric psychopharmacology department of Massachusetts General Hospital and the associate professor of Harvard Medical School from the pharmaceutical company between 2000 and 2007I received over 1 million dollars (about 100 million yen)thing isI have found out.

According to Wikipedia, DSM-IV Chairman Allen Francs also said that attention deficit disorder has tripled in the United States since the DSM-IV announcement, "As attention deficit disorder is underestimated, pediatrician, childhood psychiatrist It is attributed to the power of a pharmaceutical company that the doctor, guardian, and teacher assumed, and that many children who were thought to be normal until then were diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. " "In the United States, children who are general personality and should not be regarded as a disease are excessively diagnosed too much and are undergoing excessive medication," he says. Doctors, educators and psychologists should play the role of freeing them from the pharmaceutical market, not by making the children medicine, again what is "education", "what is psychology" It seems necessary to return to.

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