Involuntary Eye Movement May Provide Definitive Diagnosis of ADHD

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 15, 2014 @06:26AM from the either-that-or-a-massive-brain-hemmorhage dept.

Zothecula writes: If a child who's simply very active is mistakenly diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), he can end up on pharmaceuticals such as Ritalin unnecessarily. The problem is, it can be quite difficult to determine if someone actually has ADHD, and misdiagnoses are common. Now, however, researchers from Tel Aviv University have announced that analyzing a patient's eye movements may be the key. "The researchers found a direct correlation between ADHD and the inability to suppress eye movement in the anticipation of visual stimuli. The research also reflected improved performance by participants taking methylphenidate, which normalized the suppression of involuntary eye movements to the average level of the control group."

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Re:inb4 by Anonymous Coward · 2014-08-15 06:52 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It is. ADD and ADHD are fake "disorders" invented by doctors and pharmaceutical companies to get kids addicted to their drugs and make lifelong customers.

When I was a kid, nobody had ADD/ADHD because it hadn't been fabricated yet.