I understand ADHD is a standard term, but I'm still a bit suspicious that it's not a useful one; Psychiatry doesn't seem like the most reliable field.Are there good reasons for picking out the behaviors associated with ADHD and giving them a name?Potential answersBehaviors associated with ADHD strongly clusterAnalyzingquestionnaires of attention and focus behaviors with factor analysisnaturally produces an 'ADHD dimension' that explains a lot ofvariance (similar methodology to identifying Big 5 personalitytraits).ADHD diagnosis is a strong independent predictor of somethinginteresting: income or grades or some contrived but interesting labtest (controlling for obvious things like IQ) Something else along these lines.
How well defined is ADD/ADHD?
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