All about ADHD: Our series for free download!

ADHD is a hot topic and many parents are unsettled. In our eleven-part series, we have taken a closer look: Those affected have their say, therapy approaches are compared and, of course, we also look at the question of whether the illness is perhaps not a disease at all. The entire series is now available to download as a 48-page PDF document! A valuable read for anyone who wants to get comprehensive information.

If you type the term ADHD into Google, you get over a million hits. And if you take the trouble to read the first 20 articles, your head will be spinning after half an hour at the latest. So what is true? Is ADHD not a disease at all? An invention of the pharmaceutical industry? A single misdiagnosis? Books with the title «The ADHD Lie» or «The Ritalin Society» sell well, but are also unsettling.

The fact is: there is no doubt that ADHD is a diagnosis. Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder dominate the lives of their families, overwhelm their teachers, their doctors and their environment. However, there is disagreement and sometimes even great confusion about the causes and the correct treatment. Parents of children with ADHD are inundated with unsolicited tips and unabashedly asked to try out this or that treatment method on their child. Parents are just as often left alone with their worries and questions - by doctors, teachers and authorities.

The ADHD series at a glance

Part 1: Living with ADHDrnPart2: My child has ADHDrnPart3: Sick children or sick society?rnPart 4: ADHD - what rights do children have?rnPart5: ADHD and schoolingPart6: Ritalin for ADHD - curse or blessing?rnPart7: ADHD diagnosisrnPart8: My child has ADHD - now what?rnPart9: ADHD and the ethical aspects of treatmentrnPart10: ADHD and psychotherapyrnPart11: ADHD therapy without medication. Great benefits, smallrisksrnYou can download the 11-part series on ADHD as a PDFhere

This ADHD dossier was produced in close collaboration with the Institute for Family Research in Fribourg and was published as an eleven-part series in the Swiss parents' magazine Fritz+Fränzi from September 2015 to September 2016. The individual articles are also available on our website in the Psychology section. On behalf of Stiftung Elternsein, the publisher of Schweizer ElternMagazin, I would like to thank project manager Sandra Hotz and all the authors for their valuable work. I hope we have succeeded in answering many of the pressing questions and promoting greater understanding in dealing with ADHD.

Yours sincerely, Nik Niethammer