It has been proposed by a well known clinician that ADHD may be associated with a new disorder known as Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Here I briefly note the nature of this condition and explain why it is unnecessary to account for the strong emotional reactions people with ADHD may have to social rejection or other provocative events like failure to meet goals. RSD is not a valid disorder with an empirical basis in the mental health sciences. The problems it includes are already better accounted for by the fact that ADHD involves poor executive functioning and one important such function is emotional self-regulation. That component already explains the high likelihood of strong emotional reactions to numerous events than does RSD.
