To: FreeRadical
It exists.
Unfortunately however, the lack of (ADHD-related) knowledge on the part of many parents, who in turn could educate others as well as ensure that their children were receiving whatever help they needed; and medication is not typically recommended as the first line of treatment, nor is it EVER supposed to be used as the only treatment; and WHY they need it, helps promote the 'stigma' often surrounding the issue.
29 posted on
04/18/2003 1:26:59 PM PDT by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(Snapping fingers in a *whatever_shape_it_is* for emphasis.)
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
and medication is not typically recommended as the first line of treatmentGood point. And I am sure ADD is overdiagnosed among children. Certainly ritalin is overperscribed among children as well.
However, those who deny the existance of ADD sound like they would also deny the existance of clinical depression.
38 posted on
04/18/2003 1:35:31 PM PDT by
Lazamataz
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