Sunday, March 8, 2020

Combating Misinformation In The Field Of ADHD

Many years ago, I slowly became aware that there was misinformation in the field of ADHD.  Some of this misinformation came from what were thought to be reliable informational sources such as parts of the news media and parts of the publishing media.  Bottomline, the information was misinformation, not accurate information, and perhaps the reason behind the misinformation was a desire to make a profit regardless of the quality of the material presented.

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Misinformation - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Misinformation
Misinformation is false or inaccurate information. Examples of misinformation include false rumors, insults and pranks, while examples of more deliberate ...
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Disinformation - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Disinformation
Disinformation is false information spread deliberately to deceive. This is a subset of misinformation, which may also be unintentional. The English word ...
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Misinformation effect - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Misinformation_effect
The misinformation effect happens when a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate because of post-event information. For example, in a ...

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- Attempts to fight Black Box labeling requests
- Attempts to fight open discussions of ADHD
- Changes in labeling from ok to concerned back to ok
- Destruction of evidence
- For profits which are known to have fibbed about ADHD
- Non-profits which are known to have fibbed about ADHD
- Not Invented Here syndrome
- Not listing all the ingredients in a product
- TV programs which have allowed misinformation to be broadcast about ADHD

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