The psychiatric diagnosis of attention-deficit<unk> ty disorder (ADHD) has 
attracted an assortment of critical positions that individually challenge the ontology or preconceptions of the diagnosis as it is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR.  Among the criticisms are disagreements over the cause of ADHD, differences over research methodologies, and skepticism toward its classification as a mental disorder.[citation needed] Critics also express concerns over the effects of diagnosis on the  mental state of patients and the effects of the medication used in the treatment of ADHD. Further, some critics suspect ulterior motives of the medical industry, which both authorizes the psychiatric<unk> ions of mental disorders and promotes the use of pharmaceutical drugs for their treatment.[citation needed]
The ADHD diagnosis identifies characteristics such as<unk> ty, forgetfulness, poor impulse control, and distractibility, as symptoms of a neurological pathology . Critics point out that the etiology of this mental disorder is not yet well defined by neurology, genetics, or biology[citation needed].
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