Talk:Hyperactivity
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[edit] Explicating the relationship among ADHD, AADD, Hyperfocus, Hyperactivity on Wikipedia?
There is a lot of redundant information between the Wiki articles ADHD, AADD, Hyperfocus, and Hyperactivity. Ostensibly these articles all regard the same topic, albeit in different formats and from different points of view. I think some more thought needs to go into the relation between these concepts. Many people might regard one or all of these analyses to be completely made-up bullshit, or psychiatric doublespeak. There is a lot of skepticism out there toward the institutional psychiatric approach to these problems; and psychiatry is very skeptical of alternate hypotheses as well. Perhaps we need to have a discussion of how best to present all of these topics to the lay person, so they too can input their POV and balance out the equation. oneismany 13:25, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Merge 'Controversy' section in ADHD article with 'Hyperactivity' article?
I recommend that the information in the ADHD article about the genetic trait known as 'hyperactivity' should be merged into the 'Hyperactivity' article, to distinguish this information from the psychiatric diagnosis that identifies 'ADHD' as a mental disorder. Information from the 'Controversy' section that is not ADHD specific should go there too. Discussion? oneismany 07:25, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bold claims
I wonder if some of the claims made in this article are a bit bold, given the dearth of references to support them. I'm not suggesting the claims are right or wrong... only that they need support from published studies or books, or else alternative theories that have been published in some way other than just websites. It could probably be a bit more robust as well, and I also support the earlier comments about coordinating it with related articles. MLHarris 15:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
