Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral disorder characterized by moderate to severe distractibility, short attention spans, motor restlessness, emotional instability and impulsive behaviors.
Although for Joseph Knobel Freud this disorder does not exist, but is a disease created by the pharmaceutical industry (disease mongering), it affects between 5 and 10% of the child and adolescent population.
The clinical director of the prestigious Complutense Psychotherapy Clinic, Dr. David Núñez Palomo, has stated in a recent interview that “ADHD is a controversial diagnosis, partly because many of its clinical characteristics overlap with behaviors that could be considered normal development” and also warns that “if a child’s symptoms -even if they match the criteria- are not caused by ADHD, direct medication can make it impossible to explain the reason for their behavior”.
That is why it is important to diagnose the disorder and establish an individualized treatment plan. “To say that a hyperkinetic and inattentive child is a symptom is not a minor word. Not being attentive or wanting to attract attention is a symptomatic behavioral response that I, as a therapist, have to listen to and know how to translate in order to know what the problem is, but if I cover it up (by medicating) I can no longer listen to it or translate it”.
The Complutense Psychotherapy Clinic of Madrid has become a national reference in the differential diagnosis of ADHD, combining reference professionals with state-of-the-art diagnostic tests. They have the most advanced test for the evaluation of ADHD to analyze the behavior of the child within a virtual school classroom.
The test evaluates the factors that determine the existence of ADHD:
– Sustained attention
– Auditory and visual divided attention
– Impulsivity
– Excessive motor activity (Hyperactivity)
– Tendency to distraction (uses a motion sensor)
– Processing speed
– Tendency to distraction
– Auditory and visual attention
Dr. Núñez Palomo concludes: “the first factor that will determine the success of a treatment is not to make a mistake in the diagnosis and framing of the case”.