I'm with Fay.
Not so long ago we didn't believe in ADHD.
Who doesn't know a child whose life (and that of his/her family) has
been transformed by Ritalin?
Mark
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:56:35 -0000, Dr Fay Wilson wrote:
>> In article <[log in to unmask]>, Paul
>> Caldwell <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>
>
>>> Are these pseudo-diagnoses not only wrong but are socially
>>> defined, but
>>>
> are
>>> counterproductive? Is this child simply a brat as a result of
>>> social inadequecy. I curse the SW!
>>>
>
> No.
> What about the effects of societal influence, genetic
> predisposition, neural disorder? It is ok castign aspersions;
> remember it's not so long since schizophrenia was thought to be due
> to the wrong sort of parenting.
>
> Anyway whatever the cause of a disorder, that doesn't affect the
> fact that it exists. Fay
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