WND 3/3/2023
Challenges 'science' of medicating millions for ADHDA licensed clinical psychologist who serves as a research associate at the Natural Language Processing lab at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is openly questioning whether today's society is drugging children – without reason.
Yaakov Ophir has specific expertise in child therapy, parent training, and family interventions, and his PhD comes from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published 20 peer-reviewed scientific articles.
It is in a commentary at the Brownstone Institute web pages that he doubts the "scientific" justification for the medications used for ADHD.
"'As glasses help people focus their eyes to see,' medical experts from the American Academy of Pediatrics rule, 'medications help children with ADHD focus their thoughts better and ignore distractions,'" he noted.
That's the basis, he explained, for the lifelong plan to administer stimulants for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
But there are problems, he noted.
More:
https://www.wnd.com/2023/03/medicating-millions-adhd-children-without-scientific-justification/