Go Back   New Orleans Saints Forums - blackandgold.com > Main > Everything Else

ADHD Diagnosed differences between France and USA

this is a discussion within the Everything Else Community Forum; In the United States, at least 9 percent of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In France, the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than .5 percent. How has the ...

Like Tree2Likes
  • 1 Post By SmashMouth
  • 1 Post By SloMotion

Closed Thread
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 09-11-2015, 12:12 PM   #1
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Mandeville, LA
Posts: 36,912
Blog Entries: 29
ADHD Diagnosed differences between France and USA

In the United States, at least 9 percent of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In France, the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than .5 percent. How has the epidemic of ADHD—firmly established in the U.S.—almost completely passed over children in France?

Is ADHD a biological-neurological disorder? Surprisingly, the answer to this question depends on whether you live in France or in the U.S. In the United States, child psychiatrists consider ADHD to be a biological disorder with biological causes. The preferred treatment is also biological—psycho stimulant medications such as Ritalin and Adderall.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...dont-have-adhd
SloMotion likes this.
SmashMouth is offline  
Old 09-12-2015, 04:14 PM   #2
5000 POSTS! +
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 6,776
Blog Entries: 15
Re: ADHD Diagnosed differences between France and USA

Agree, the majority of kids I see diagnosed as ADHD are really more in need of parenting/structure/boundaries than anything else, IMO.
Crusader likes this.
SloMotion is offline  
Old 09-13-2015, 11:36 PM   #3
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: New Haven Ct
Posts: 23,982
Re: ADHD Diagnosed differences between France and USA

Get in your kids life. Why did you have them.
QBREES9 is offline  
Closed Thread

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:54 PM.


Copyright 1997 - 2020 - BlackandGold.com
no new posts