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Is ADHD a Genetic Disease?

by Jeffrey Rubin, PhD

Welcome to From Insults to Respect. This week we are going to see if there is a more respectful way to view people said to have ADHD than the unjustified names in common use. In an article published in Science Daily, Professor Anita Thapar, referring to a study she is a coauthor of, is quoted as saying, “Now we can say with confidence that ADHD is a genetic disease.”…

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin November 7, 2016 9 min read

Are Mental Illnesses Really Genetic Diseases?

by Jeffrey Rubin, PhD

At 39-years of age, Ron had been a respected employee in a department store for nearly ten years. If he had made it to ten full years, he would have qualified for some extra benefits. Upper management chose to replace him with someone new a week before the ten years were up. Discovering that landing a new job was leading to one rejection after another, Ron…

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin October 6, 2016 17 min read