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Is ADHD Really a Disorder? // Two mental health practitioners express very different views on the condition and its treatment

JL;DR SUMMARY Dr. Yaakov Ophir, a clinical psychologist and author, challenges the idea that ADHD is a valid and helpful diagnosis, arguing that there are no objective physiological markers to prove its existence and that the criteria used to define it are subjective. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Mental HealthParentingAdhdEducational SystemMedicationDiagnosisChildhood DisordersRitalinDr. Yaakov OphirEnvironmental Conditions.

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