This article (the one I've linked) outlines some great points surrounding the issue of ADHD and the use of medications. In general, North America loves to throw

This article (the one I've linked) outlines some great points surrounding the issue of ADHD and the use of medications. In general, North America loves to throw medication at every problem. Big Pharma plays a huge role in this. Big Pharma loves to medicalize simple facts of life, or take a real issue and broaden the definition so that more people fit within that definition. There is very little money in curing the sick, but there is some great profit in treating the living and healthy. ADHD, Social Anxiety (which isn't even the name of it, it's Social Phobia in the DSM), and PMDD just to name of a few examples. My point is this: Be a skeptic, be overly critical of diagnosis, and look for other forms of treatments outside of medicine where appropriate. You would be amazed at what you can accomplish with therapy, but where it makes sense take medicine as a treatment. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/suffer-the-children/201203/why-french-kids-dont-have-adhd http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/suffer-the-children/2012...