Snopes reports that the interview occurred in 2009, seven months before Eisenberg died, and that his point concerned overestimated genetic predisposition and underexamined psychosocial causes. It does not support a literal deathbed confession or a claim that ADHD simply does not exist.
The claim that Dr. Eisenberg asserted “ADHD is a fictitious disease” is reproduced on countless web sites as something he said “seven months before his death in his last interview,”
Snopes reports that the interview occurred in 2009, seven months before Eisenberg died, and that his point concerned overestimated genetic predisposition and underexamined psychosocial causes. It does not support a literal deathbed confession or a claim that ADHD simply does not exist. Secondary contextual source; Der Spiegel is the underlying interview record.