Is ADHD finally being disowned?

psychology

This weeks popbitch has an interesting (and unusually acute) observation:

Dr Robert Spitzer is probably America's
leading psychiatrist. In the 80s he
identified a vast number of disorders -
Obsessive Compulsive, Attention Deficit etc.
In 2007 more than 50% of Americans have been
diagnosed as suffering from a psychological
disorder. But Dr Robert says he now thinks he
was wrong, and that his diagnoses just
confused these syndromes with ordinary human
behaviour and unhappiness. Which is, I guess
bad news for the highly-paid therapists
on Robbie, Britney, Gazza etc's payroll.

While I'm not even slightly convinced that Spitzer is really a top psychiatrist, it's evident that he has some sway in the popular mind. This is the man who is responsible for i) getting homosexuality removed from the DSM in the 70's (good...) and then ill) attempting to prove that homosexuality could be 'cured' with a psychiatric technique. (bad...). More here.

Anyway, if anyone has any further information on Spitzers volte face, I'd love to hear.