ADHD is not a mental illness, just junk science for commercial gains

Calling for a better diagnosis of so-called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is like asking the swindlers to make the Emperor’s new clothes out of better material.

The money-spinning label which has resulted in school-going children and adolescents taking mind-altering stimulant drugs is purported to be present in adults, even though there is no medical or scientific evidence to support its existence in any age range.

Psychiatrists have cleverly redefined, rebranded and marketed normal behaviour as a mental illness. However, being somewhat disorganised, procrastinating and being impulsive are not symptoms of a mental illness. It is a remarkable marketing exercise that has drawn people into believing they have something wrong with their brains, when there is no scientific evidence to support the ideology.