"As I wrote in my book on the subject, Scattered Minds, it seemed to explain many of my behaviour patterns, thought processes, childish emotional reactions, my workaholism and other addictive tendencies, the sudden eruptions of bad temper and complete irrationality, the conflicts in my marriage and my Jekyll and Hyde ways of relating to my children It also explained my propensity to bump into doorways, hit my head on shelves, drop objects, and brush close to people before I notice they are there."
"In retrospect, though, my seemed to explain was a telling Freudian slip, for in fact the diagnosis elucidates nothing. A useful description, it fails as an explanation. Consider: So and so has ADD. How do we know? Well, they tend be inattentive, their mind leaps all over the place, they may be hyperactive, and they display poor impulse control. Why do they exhibit such features? Because they have ADD."
The UK health secretary has ordered a clinical review amid concern about a sharp rise in mental health, autism and ADHD diagnoses and related sickness benefit claims. A person diagnosed with ADHD in their early fifties found the label appeared to account for disorganisation, emotional volatility, workaholism, irritability, relationship conflicts, clumsiness and completion of a long-delayed book. The diagnosis provided a descriptive framework but did not constitute an explanation. The diagnostic process can become circular: behaviours define the diagnosis and the diagnosis is then used to explain the behaviours. Consensus about many aspects of ADHD remains lacking.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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