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Children, and boys in particular, are being diagnosed with ''Attention Deficite Hyperactivity Disorder'' (ADHD) and drugged at an alarming rate. This rate is increasing, which is prompting an increase in the sales of drugs for treat the conditon. In the United States, for example, sales of ADHD drugs have increased by 89% in four years.<ref>http://www.esquire.com/features/drugging-of-the-american-boy-0414</ref> Either there has been a fundamental shift in the mental health of boys or misdiagnosis is occurring at an ever increasing rate. Occam's razor would suggest the latter is more likely but either should be cause for alarm.
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Children, and boys in particular, are being diagnosed with ''Attention Deficite Hyperactivity Disorder'' (ADHD) and drugged at an alarming rate. This rate is increasing, which is prompting an increase in the sales of drugs for treat the conditon. In the United States, for example, sales of ADHD drugs have increased by 89% in four years.<ref>http://www.esquire.com/features/drugging-of-the-american-boy-0414</ref> The rapidly rising diagnoses rate suggests one of three things is occuring:
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# More people have ADHD than in the past
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# There are more false diagnoses than in the past
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# The definition of ADHD is changing rapidly
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Any of these should be a concern to parents who have received a diagnoses for ADHD for their child and a recommendation to medicate.
   
 
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Revision as of 02:15, 2 April 2014

Children, and boys in particular, are being diagnosed with Attention Deficite Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and drugged at an alarming rate. This rate is increasing, which is prompting an increase in the sales of drugs for treat the conditon. In the United States, for example, sales of ADHD drugs have increased by 89% in four years.[1] The rapidly rising diagnoses rate suggests one of three things is occuring:

  1. More people have ADHD than in the past
  2. There are more false diagnoses than in the past
  3. The definition of ADHD is changing rapidly

Any of these should be a concern to parents who have received a diagnoses for ADHD for their child and a recommendation to medicate.

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  1. ↑ http://www.esquire.com/features/drugging-of-the-american-boy-0414
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