PolitiFact - ADHD was not invented to disadvantage Black children and increase pharmaceutical sales

"ADHD does not exist. Neither does the learning disability," said Umar Johnson, a sociopolitical activist, in the video, which was filmed in 2017.from Johnson's interview was shared on Reels and sums up the discussion with this claim:"ADHD does not exist." The video was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed.

Johnson’s broader argument asserts that ADHD is overdiagnosed in Black boys so that large pharmaceutical companies can profit from the sale of ADHD drugs. Johnson has a doctorate in clinical psychology, is a certified school psychologist and wrote a"Simply diagnosing a Black boy with ADD did not result in a prescription. The drug companies were losing money.

"It was all about the data on symptoms and impairment to the children's lives, never about coming up with some kind of bogus disorder that would sell more medications," Lahey said.Johnson's now-circulating ADHD claims originate from a 2017 In 1932, two German physicians reported on children with increased motor restlessness and an inability to stay still. They called it a hyperkinetic disease of infancy, and it was the first recorded instance of what’s now called ADHD. The characteristics defining this hyperkinetic disease — inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity — are the same as ADHD’s three main symptoms.

The term"hyperkinetic impulse disorder" was coined in 1957, because research was showing"you couldn't always demonstrate damage," said Arnold, the psychiatry researcher from Ohio State University.

I mean it wasn’t “invented” to target them as black folks with adhd will get diagnosed with more harmful diagnosies such as ODD while showing the same symptoms as a white kid.

Yup the only people I know with it are white and refuse treatment anyway. So there’s that. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also remember that racism could play a part in why white children are diagnosed more. (Because white children are not supposed to 'behave badly', which is seen as 'normal' for Black children).

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