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.
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They tried to tell me my son had ADHD when he was four. I told them he was a four-year old boy and they should mind their own business while his mother and I raised him.
He’s now an Eagle Scout, a fine student and a wonderful young man. They’re trying to medicate the boy out of the little boy and it’s a disgrace.
We didn’t have time (and money) for all this ADHD crap, so we chose to spank instead.
No. I do have a wealth of knowledge and experience on the topic and have two highly gifted, high schieving boys.
they are doing very well, mostly because I knew what to avoid and who to trust when it came to education and medicine and drugging children.
There is no such thing as ADD or ADHD. The therapists put a number of different tests together, to the results that the schools and parents were looking for.
Mostly so they could feel ok about drugging boys- and some girls into compliance of lazy parents and a poorly educated public school system.
That is the truth.
Much more. NSAIDS blood pressure etc. they will get to it.
“closer to the truth than you realize”
Wrong I realize it in technicolor.I was a custodian in a Ct elementary school.
Every parent should be required to spend a week in the “background” as I was.
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