I’ve long had attention and focus problems, but never explored the possibility that I have ADHD till recently. I understand that it’s a standard term, but I’m still a bit suspicious; Psychiatry doesn’t seem like the most reliable field.
Are there good reasons for picking out the behaviors associated with ADHD and giving them a name? Obviously this is a different question than whether ADHD is a ‘disorder’ or ‘disease’, and whether ADHD medication is good or bad for people.
Answers that would satisfy me
Behaviors associated with ADHD strongly cluster
Analyzing questionnaires of attention and focus behaviors with faction analysis naturally produces an ‘ADHD dimension’ that explains a lot of variance (similar methodology to identifying Big 5 personality traits).
ADHD diagnosis a strong predictor of anything interesting (income or grades or some contrived but interesting lab test)?
How well defined is ADHD?
I’ve long had attention and focus problems, but never explored the possibility that I have ADHD till recently. I understand that it’s a standard term, but I’m still a bit suspicious; Psychiatry doesn’t seem like the most reliable field.
Are there good reasons for picking out the behaviors associated with ADHD and giving them a name? Obviously this is a different question than whether ADHD is a ‘disorder’ or ‘disease’, and whether ADHD medication is good or bad for people.
Answers that would satisfy me
Behaviors associated with ADHD strongly cluster
Analyzing questionnaires of attention and focus behaviors with faction analysis naturally produces an ‘ADHD dimension’ that explains a lot of variance (similar methodology to identifying Big 5 personality traits).
ADHD diagnosis a strong predictor of anything interesting (income or grades or some contrived but interesting lab test)?
Something else along these lines.