evidence: Big Pharma and the Question: Is ADHD Real? [...] In a wise marketing move, Alan Schwarz bows to the current mental health paradigm by opening his new book ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma and the Making of an American Epidemic with this statement: "Attention deficit hyperactivity is real. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise." (The book will be released September 6th- this article draws on the New York Times book review of August 22nd) [...] When seen from this contemporary perspective, ADHD is no more "real" than any other so-called "disorder" described in the DSM.