> In France, just 0.5% of children suffer from ADHD (opposed to ~5% in North America) That's false. You are grossly misquoting the article. "the percentage o

> In France, just 0.5% of children suffer from ADHD (opposed to ~5% in North America) That's false. You are grossly misquoting the article. "the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than .5%." Diagnosed AND medicated. The French are very much against medication for any mental condition. They also don't share the same method to diagnose, and their methods for treatment are less than desirable. So, combining those cultural attitudes toward treatment and my experience with French doctors and pediatricians (whose first suggestion for autism treatment was literally "put him in a home and forget about him"), holding them up as a shining example is only done by those in ignorance. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201209/french-kids-do-have-adhd-interview http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/here-there-and-everywher... http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/suffer-the-children/201203/why-french-kids-dont-have-adhd http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/suffer-the-children/2012...