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Moral of the story: Being a kid = ADHD. Parents need to stop resorting to "parenting in a pill" for their own inadequacies, or pressure by society to "act" on
by Marticus 16y ago
Moral of the story:
Being a kid = ADHD.
Parents need to stop resorting to "parenting in a pill" for their own inadequacies, or pressure by society to "act" on their child being precisely that.
That's not to say that ADHD doesn't exist or some-such nonsense, but I believe this study at least is going somewhat in the right direction to prevent overzealous diagnosis.
As someone already stated (and with whom I definitely agree) - the test set is already biased for a large percentage based on age.
Not to mention the pressure that is allowed by teachers. I myself was suddenly diagnosed after ONE of my teachers decided I was too active and made an enormous fuss about it. Took the meds for a couple of weeks, lost ~10 pounds (I'm already a stick), and told them to bugger off.
- miloshh 16y agoDoctors are actually very careful not to be overzealous in diagnosis. To meet the criteria for a real diagnosis, the symptoms must be "excessive, long-term, and pervasive". Similarly, not everyone with "blues" is clinically depressed, and not everyone with unexplained weight loss has cancer... the folk estimates of the prevalence of these conditions are way overblown.