Stating The Obvious 0431 – Book Discussion: ADHD Nation Part I: It’s Not Easy To Sell Minimal Brain Dysfunction. Better Change The Name.
Let the games begin. We begin discussion about the book ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic by Alan Schwarz. This is a great book. Well written. Hints of humour and sarcasm. Compelling narrative. Avoids killing you with hard data and big words. Did you know that ADHD was originally called MBD. Minimal Brain Dysfunction. The name was changed in part to help make it more socially acceptable. So people would want to be “afflicted” by it. MBD was not self-reported by children. It was “identified” by teachers. The same teachers who care about … Continue reading →


















