psychologist, Keirsey regarded the prescription of psychotropic stimulants as a treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), where activity or temperament of school children is considered disruptive to classroom proceedings, as not only unnecessary but harmful to these children. He was an ardent critic of what he saw as an "epidemic abuse of children", and claimed to be successful in the management of such children by applying what he called the "method of logical consequences". Keirsey asserted that Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) was an altogether different matter, in that these children were inactive and paid no attention to the teacher's agenda, and that ADD was defined exclusively by stating what they do not do, and in no way defined their observable behavior. Thus, in his opinion, ADD was a misleading label assigned to children who ignored the teacher while bothering nobody, unlike the children who are actually disruptive. Keirsey referred to the practice of medicating children with ADD as "The Great ADD Hoax". His main claim was that children labeled ADHD or ADD, typically, have an SP, or Artisan temperament, meaning concrete in thought and speech, and utilitarian in implementing goals. See also Anti-psychiatry Biological psychiatry Chemical imbalance theory References External links Keirsey's website Keirsey's blog The Story of Isabel Briggs Myers, Center for Applications of Personality Type "Sorting Temperaments" interview, Pomona Alumni Magazine 20th-century American psychologists Pomona College alumni 2013 deaths 1921 births People from Ada, Oklahoma Claremont Graduate University alumni California State University, Fullerton faculty Personality psychologists