The conclusions are offensive and over-broad (even if there are good points in the article). The biggest problem is that this is a child researcher and fails t

The conclusions are offensive and over-broad (even if there are good points in the article). The biggest problem is that this is a child researcher and fails to understand how his statements appear to adults. > Finally, the illusion that children’s behavior problems can be cured with drugs prevents us as a society from seeking the more complex solutions that will be necessary. Illusion? Plenty of professionals in the field believe there are a number of ways to combat the symptoms of ADD. Everyone knows that the drugs combat symptoms and don't provide a cure. He is providing a straw man here. > But just because it's a real thing doesn't preclude the possibility that it is over-diagnosed and/or over-medicated in children. I've seen a lot of evidence that it's both. it's almost a tautology that it is over-diagnosed. Since it is behavior based, there are going to be more false positives than misses.