Keith Conners, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Keith Conners

American psychologist

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1933

Date of Death: 05-Jul-2017

Profession: psychologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Keith Conners

  • Carmen Keith Conners (March 20, 1933 – July 5, 2017) was an American psychologist, best known for establishing the first standards for the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Carmen Keith Conners was born on March 20, 1933, in Bingham Canyon, Utah, one of three children of Michael Conners, a machinist, and Merle Conners, who worked in a department store.In his later years he attacked the over diagnosis of ADHD, how science had moved to marketing, sloppy diagnosis, and the role drug companies played in promoting it.
  • This was after he learned about the suicide of Richard Fee, who was misdiagnosed with the condition and hanged himself in November 2011 aged 24, after two years of taking Adderall.He believed the true amounts of childhood ADHD were 2-3%.Conners died on July 5, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina, aged 84.

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