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t age seven, Matthew Smith was data. The following information presents
diagnosed through his school native persp ective for concerned physicians.
an alter_
as having Attention Deficit In 1998, a U.S. Nationat tnstituies oiUealrtr
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). (NIH) Conference of the world,s
His parents were told that he leading aOff O
proponents was forced to conclude
needed to take a stlmulant ,o t"lp that there
Initially resistant, Matth ew,s u."oi,
t,i_'io"ur. d1,. confirming ADHD as a brain d;tu;.-is
O *r.""r-orO -1: Ihe conference admitted
tlon.
th at n on comp lian ce cou ld
brini crimina, ;;;;", that, .oour inowl_
for neglecting their son,s eduJatior.f edge about the cause or causes
ofADHD remains
tional needs. ,,My wife and I were
.ra ..io- lar gely sp ecu lative.,, The N
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possibilily of losing our children
if *" JiOr,, curred:,.... there is still controvers/
comply," said Matthew's father, I-.*."n".
S_]ii. causes and diagnostic validity
or.r rh.
After being told that there was nothing of ADiD.",
wrong Dominick Riccio, Executive Director
' with the ..medication,,, of the
that it could only help, International Center for
Matthew,s parents "The diqgnos'sof ADD the Study of psychiatry
yielded to the pres_ and Psycbology says,
sure.
ff[tention Deficit Diorder] "They would need to
On March 21,2000, is entirdy subjedive. ... Jhere show me a direct causal
while skateboarding, isno ted. tt isju$ down to relationship between
Matthew died from interprdation. ... lhe lines bdween any brain chemical and
a heart attack. The the symptoms ofADHD.
coroner determined at ADD srffser and a hedthy They have gone
that Matthew,s heart eruberatt kid car be very blured.,u through the dopamine
showed clear signs of hypothesis. They have
small blood vessel - D:h slg!€ridr, fuderd Ctreirmsr,
Genend Ractitioners earch,
gone through the sero_
damage caused by Au$rdian Medicd tonin hypothesis. None
nsciiion, t999 of them has a causal
stimulant drugs like
amphetamines, and concluded that
he had died f---J
Dr. Louria
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g-term u se of th e pres-lUralti.-, Shulamit, a family practitioner in
il, t. Israel, makes it clear: "ADHD
t
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Despite psychiatric claims to
tfr" *nt a disease (by definition). As
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by symptoms. The symptoms of this
the world,s children is rar removed &om conclu_
are so common that we can conclude
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sive science. There are an extraordinary that all
number
of distorted facts in the majority
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children----esp ecially boys_fi
t th is O iagn Js j,i
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