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ADHD diagnoses in U.S. children rise 53% in the past decade, CDC data show
New York Daily News ^ | 04/01/2013 | Tracy Miller

Posted on 04/01/2013 11:51:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

One in five high school boys and 11% of schoolkids overall have received an ADHD diagnosis, according to new data from the CDC. The data also shows two-thirds of children diagnosed with ADHD are prescribed stimulants like Adderall (above) and Ritalin. About 6.4 million children have received an ADHD diagnosis at some point — an increase of 16% since 2007 and 53% in the past decade.

One in five high school boys and 11% of all schoolkids in the U.S. have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Two-thirds of kids who are diagnosed are prescribed stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin, the data also showed.

The findings come from a cellphone and landline survey of more than 76,000 parents between February 2011 and June 2012.

ADHD is characterized by difficulty paying attention, maintaining focus on tasks and controlling impulsive behaviors. Other symptoms include frequent daydreaming, squirming or fidgeting, and talking out of turn. It is usually diagnosed in childhood, though it can continue into adulthood, and boys are more frequently diagnosed than girls.

The American Psychiatric Association estimates in its current diagnostic manual that 3 to 7% of children have ADHD, though other studies have calculated higher rates. Children's health experts reacted to the new CDC data with surprise and concern.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adhd; cdc; disorders; health; medicine
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1 posted on 04/01/2013 11:51:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s an EPIDEMIC.

American Boy Disease...


2 posted on 04/01/2013 11:52:59 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: SeekAndFind

Misuse of ADHD drugs is "growing at an alarming rate," said CDC director Thomas Frieden, PhD.


Experts say some parents may push for the diagnosis because they see ADHD as a problem that can be fixed with medication.
3 posted on 04/01/2013 11:53:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Could it really be a problem with the children...or.....

Nah, progressives are never, ever wrong.


4 posted on 04/01/2013 11:54:37 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: SeekAndFind
Here Ya Go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsGkk1GGw3w


5 posted on 04/01/2013 11:56:37 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: SeekAndFind
I have a firend who has a 13 year old that SUPPOSEDLY has ADHD.

Although he SUPPOSEDLY cannot stay focused in the classroom he CAN and DOES spend hours playing video games.

6 posted on 04/01/2013 11:58:39 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Da Coyote

Its a problem with the teachers not wanting to deal with run of the mill kids acting up behavior.
So lets drug them during their “Wonder Bread Years” and then when we take them off the drug they can become “Adam Lanzas”.


7 posted on 04/01/2013 11:58:52 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: SeekAndFind

When we were assigned in Panama in the late ‘80s, the DoDDS school system in Panama employed a “prescriptionist”, who prescribed Ritalin for virtually every kid (read “boy”) who ever acted up or talked in class. My wife was a substitute teacher - she couldn’t believe how many boys in each class had to have their pills every day.


8 posted on 04/01/2013 11:59:25 AM PDT by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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To: KC_Lion

Nice

But then the kids will cry uncontrollably. Then they’ll go into school, tell someone their mom/dad hit them, then the kid gets taken away from the home. All according to plan.


9 posted on 04/01/2013 11:59:40 AM PDT by wastedyears (I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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To: MrB

It is a manufactured disease, and the CDC has no business tracking it, just like they do for spousal abuse as a disease, home weapons as a health danger, etc.

They are now under a program to publicize this because the government will be using ADHD and it’s prescriptions as a reason to deny one of these children the right to own a firearm when they get older.


10 posted on 04/01/2013 11:59:44 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: VideoDoctor

A Pill is easier than Parenting,

just get the boy diagnosed with

Absent Dad/Husband Disease and you’re all set

for your extra “me time”.


11 posted on 04/01/2013 12:01:41 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: t1b8zs
and then when we take them off the drug they can become “Adam Lanzas”.

...and then use that as reason to take away our 2nd Amendment rights.....

12 posted on 04/01/2013 12:01:42 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: MrB
Absent Dad/Husband Disease

Excellent!

13 posted on 04/01/2013 12:02:50 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: Da Coyote

O.K. I was in born in 1940. I cannot remember ANY of my fellow classmates that I would consider outside the “normal” range. I was aware of a few children with Downs Syndrome. I had a cousin with M.D.. I knew an adult neighbor that suffered from epilepsy. There was an elderly lady that lived a couple of miles away that would wander her neighborhood and talk to herself. By the time I got to high school, there were a couple of not too bright kids that had repeated a couple of classes. If they were ADHD, that would be a couple out of hundreds.

My question is to all the old teachers out there. Where did they hide all these ADHD kids back then?? That was pre airconditioning and in the South, they would never have survived living in the attics and we didn’t have basements.


14 posted on 04/01/2013 12:04:18 PM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t forget, school districts get increased per pupil aid for children with diagnosed conditions.

Not that administrators would be tempted.

Just sayin’


15 posted on 04/01/2013 12:08:44 PM PDT by biggerten (Love you, Mom.)
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To: SeekAndFind

When our son was in 3rd grade, the school counselor said he had ADD. As we were leaving that meeting, Mr. M asked how many kids were diagnosed with ADD. She said 49% of boys to which Mr. M replied, then its normal. We had hi tested. Seems he was gifted. Our son made it clear however that he would not be singled out and put in any program so we made him do extra work and kept on his case. He still fought regular school and now at 33 will tell you he probably was/is ADD. I diagnose it as genius with faint Aspergers and somewhat savant.


16 posted on 04/01/2013 12:09:12 PM PDT by Mercat (I'm loving this Pope)
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To: MrB

More like a Social Security Disability epidemic. (I think they get $700/month per child for ADD kids.)


17 posted on 04/01/2013 12:10:47 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Las Vegas Ron; MrB

It’s sadly perfect.


18 posted on 04/01/2013 12:12:31 PM PDT by wastedyears (I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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To: SeekAndFind
ADHD = Payment to parents from state or federal agencies for each ADHD child and lots of extra attention from school personnel (kindergarten through college). In college, for instance, you get (FREE) your own testing room, double or triple time for tests, a paid notetaker, and a professor (not a student) to tutor you, if you so request.

A world-class scam that is going to blow up in our faces.

19 posted on 04/01/2013 12:12:47 PM PDT by July4 (Remember the price paid for your freedom.)
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To: MrB

Exactly! Do not ever trust these people with your children. It is a bunch of bologna. There is no such thing as ADD or ADHD. It is unicorn for the communists who need to destory all that is good in the USA.


20 posted on 04/01/2013 12:12:49 PM PDT by Truth2012
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