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Quote by: Kite  Psychiatrists on the other hand are much more useful. |
When psychiatrists come up with real testing (such as diagnostic imaging or blood work) that shows a chemical imbalance in the brain actually causing a particular emotional state, then I might be inclined to take them more seriously.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is supposedly caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain (according to some theories anyway). Yet, I've read school reports from teachers where a particular unmedicated students that supposedly has this condition "responds well to structure and discipline." It's also interesting how these kids seem to be selective in when their "disorder" is manifested - it's manifested while in class but these kids can sit through an afternoon of cartoons or sit there and play their X-Box for several hours. How does the chemical imbalance know when the kid is in school and when the kid is at home?
Then, of course, there's this whole thing in the American government indoctrination centers where throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s boys were being treated like defective girls (for more about that, read
Boys in Crisis) and what is normal boy behavior has often been labeled "ADHD."