To: Pan_Yans Wife
Wanna bet the diagnosis will start to drop statistically, once the parents start to be told that they themselves need to be medicated? :) With all due respect, I suspect that parents will increasingly accept the idea of treatment and medication. It's a matter of becoming comfortable with mental stress as a medical condition, and believing that treatment is not sigmatizing and doesn't lead to a loss of face. Considering that our entire lives revolve around mental activity, why shouldn't the brain or emotions respond by getting sick, tired or stressed? They clearly do. We owe it to our kids to help them (and ourselves) understand and cope effectively with stress.
To: Tax Government
For children who are suffering from a true medical condition, of course it should be sought and used in the most effective way.
My thoughts had to do with the overdiagnosis of ADHD, with pressure from the schools on the parents to receive medication when none is needed.
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01/07/2004 9:41:44 PM PST by
Pan_Yans Wife
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