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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:01:19

"The great ADHD myth

The psychiatrist who identified attention deficit disorder - the condition blamed for the bad behaviour of hundreds of thousands of children - has admitted that many may not really be ill..."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar...

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No

Some poor parents have to deal with these kids day in day out,but I do believe that bad parenting has lead to some mis diagnoses on Doctors parts and those parents are only happy to let their kids be as doped up as them, if you get my drift.

I watch a programme on it once and they were a great family cept, they all had it even the Grandad,it was a real eye opener.

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Yep. See my last answer to an expectant mother and you'll see how to prevent this kind of misbehaviour before it starts.

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In some ways I agree with you, but I think it is very much an excuse for many parents who are lazy and cannot be bothered teaching and discipling their children.

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Apparently you don't have any children that have ADHD. If you did, you'd know the answer to this question.

Yes, you have offended many, with this question.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a condition that becomes apparent in some children in the preschool and early school years. It is hard for these children to control their behavior and/or pay attention. It is estimated that between 3 and 5 percent of children have ADHD, or approximately 2 million children in the United States. This means that in a classroom of 25 to 30 children, it is likely that at least one will have ADHD.