Billy is a good little boy. He does what his teachers tell him without question. He listens in class. He follows their orders. He knows that everything authority figures tell him is true. Billy does as he's told.
Billy wasn't always this way. Billy used to play in class, and annoy his teacher. He used to rush through his school work so he could play. Billy was a little boy.
Now he's a lackey.
You see, Billy was diagnosed with A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder). Billy was prescribed Ritalin. Ritalin may shrink the brain. 1 Billy becomes a good little obedient boy.
According to noted psychologist and author David Keirsey, over 5,000,000 children are diagnosed with A.D.D. every year and prescribed Ritalin or a similar drug.1 These narcotics are legally prescribed and parentally administered.
So, now little Billy is all doped up and ready to be controlled like the good little member of society that he is.
Many psychologists are saying that there is an over diagnosis of A.D.D. in America. But that's not what the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) says:
"Epidemiologic studies using standardized diagnostic criteria suggest that ,at a minimum, 3 percent to 6 percent of the school-aged population may have ADHD. ... The percentage of U.S. youth being treated for ADHD is at most at the lower end of this prevalence range."2
They continue to say that although misdiagnosis may occur, A.D.D. is a valid disorder.
With this basic knowledge, one might consider the following scenario:
A government or high powered group, call them what you like -- it's unimportant for this part, wishes to control the general populace. This group establishes plants in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. They invent a "disorder" that may be found in children who do not join in the group (aka "Free thinkers"), and have mind numbing narcotics prescribed to them.
The populace becomes more complacent.
Now, when Psychologists and other professionals begin to question the validity of this disorder, conveniently a large organization (The AMA) releases a report saying "Oh, it's real."
Sure.
Just a thought.
-MrSquiggles
2/21/00
Sources, Notes, and further reading:
1. Keirsey, David "The Great A.D.D. Hoax" http://keirsey.com/addhoax.html
2. This quote is taken from JAMA, but lifted from the following article.
http://www.addcenter.net/AMAreport.html