ADHD

Peter Hitchens is not a believer in ADHD.

From time to time I point out that the complaint known as 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder' does not actually exist. Invariably, I then receive a wave of letters and e-mails from parents of children who have been 'diagnosed' as suffering from 'ADHD'. These letters are all remarkably similar, and many of them are bitterly personally abusive.
In this entry, I shall take, piece by piece, such a letter, and seek to answer it point by point.