Fred Baughman

Fred Baughman, (born in 1932), is best known for his highly controversial social criticism of ADHD, and psychiatry in general. He has testified before Congress, and has been specifically interviewed by PBS on the topic of ADHD. He has made several appearances on talk shows, and has written several books. He is also the medical advisor for the CCHR and has an extensive webpage called adhdfraud.

Education and Career
Baughman is now a retired doctor, and was an adult and child neurologist in private practice for 35 years. Baughman has been involved in chromosome research and published articles in this field. He was also director of the Western Michigan Birth Defects Clinic. Baughman also worked for the CCHR as a medical consultant. Dr. Baughman has testified in court, and before Congress. He has written for the print media, and has been interviewed on the radio. Fred also hosts his personal website entitled: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Exposing the Fraud of ADD and ADHD).

Antipsychiatry
Baughman is a noted antipsychiatry critic who has been most critical of ADHD and psychiatry. He has stated, "biological psychology/psychiatry is a total perversion of medicine and science, and a fraud."

Critic of ADHD
Baughman coauthored the book: 'The ADHD Fraud-How Psychiatry Makes “Patients” Out of Normal Children'. In 1998 he made the video, 'ADHD — Total, 100% Fraud', and in 2005 he was also featured in, 'The Drugging of our Children'. Baughman often uses the terms 'fraud' and 'fake' to describe ADHD, and his personal website address contains the word ADHD and Fraud within the address. He has repeatedly referred to disorders as diseases and then judged a particular disorder to be fraudulent based on the criteria of diseases. During a PBS interview he stated, "Representing such things as depression, anxiety, conduct disorder, ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, learning disabilities as diseases absent any scientific proof, is to deceive the public..."