Posted by utopizen on October 30, 2002, at 6:47:40
In reply to Re: No, the word hyperactivity isn't vague... » utopizen, posted by IsoM on October 30, 2002, at 1:32:07
ADD is a very modern way of saying ADHD, mostly done to shorten things.
Moreover, many who use it still assume a hyperactivity component for ADD anyway.
It seems complicated, but it's actually more logical and simpler to assume ADHD as the disorder to begin with, since no disorder called ADD actually exists.
Furthermore, what doctors say to their patients and to their colleagues are two different things. There's a practice called "explanatory fiction" doctors use. They describe things to their patients using falsehoods that help the patient basically understand a concept.
For example, if a surgery removes a cataract from one's eye, it uses sonic waves to do this. But instead of needlessly going on to explain what sonic waves are, a doctor just says it's "laser surgery" because the patient really doesn't need to know the technical term.
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