An Iron Curtain Has Descended Upon Psychopharmacology

God forbid we should use treatments that could reduce suffering in patients...

A lot of these Russia-specific drugs are scams. The papers glorifying their magical properties have no scientific basis, but rather published for bribes. There are serious papers in Russian medical journals describing healing properties of holy water. There are very popular anti-flu drugs like Arbidol that actually do nothing. This is the country where pseudoscience reigns supreme.

> ADHD therapy is very well "experimentally" verified ...

So is recovered memory therapy, with thousands of satisfied customers, each of which made a false outrageous claim about an imaginary sex crime, then went on to sue their parents, or boyfriends, or therapists -- and in some cases, all of them.

Your conception of science is below that required for astrology. No one knows what ADHD is or how to treat it. Therefore, there is no therapy for ADHD.

> verified in most of the hundreds of double blind studies ...

You mean the double blind studies you earlier claimed were unethical? There are no double-blind studies carried out with respect to ADHD, because there is no science taking place. And now that the NIMH has pulled the plug, such studies can no longer even be proposed for funding.

> you are refusing to acknowledge...

I did the research, and you are lying. Do your own research:

http://www.childmind.org/en/posts/articles/2013-4-9-most-com...

The linked article says the number one misdiagnosis among children is ... wait for it ... ADHD. The reason is that it's all based on symptoms, not causes, and this is part of the reason for the diagnosis rate and the many errors that are made.

In short, no science, no reliable diagnosis.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100817103342.ht...

Quote: "Nearly one million children in U.S. potentially misdiagnosed with ADHD, study finds"

"Nearly one million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder simply because they are the youngest -- and most immature -- in their kindergarten class, according to new research."

"ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder for kids in the United States, with at least 4.5 million diagnoses among children under age 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, there are no neurological markers for ADHD (such as a blood test), and experts disagree on its prevalence, fueling intense public debate about whether ADHD is under-diagnosed or over-diagnosed ..."

You need to realize that the professional literature absolutely disagrees with your claims about ADHD, this has been brought to your attention, you have ignored the information readily available at your fingertips, which makes you a liar.

> So essentially there are two kinds of science ...

No there is ONE KIND OF SCIENCE, it is defined in the law, and it is why the DSM is being discarded. Science is not a matter of opinion as you seem to think, it is a matter of evidence and discipline.

> I'm giving up...

Your ignorance is astounding. There is ONE PROPERTY that all science must have, it is non-negotiable, and every freshman science student knows what it is. I asked this already, you ignored it out of embarrassment, NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.

It can be expressed in a single word, science requires it, psychology doesn't possess it, what is it?

ANSWER THE QUESTION OR STOP POSTING.

How science is defined in the law (why Creationism cannot be taught in high school science classrooms):

http://arachnoid.com/building_science/index.html#Science_Def...