Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Paper Summary:

This paper argues against the recent trend of people who claim that children with ADD / ADHD do not need treatment and can cope without it. The writer posits that to deny treatment for ADD or ADHD to children (or adults) who genuinely need it, however, is both a medical and a social irresponsibility, which could arguably cost such individuals possibilities of happier, better-adjusted, more productive lives.

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"Based on a combination of medical evidence, anecdotal evidence, and weak arguments for its lack of existence, then, I believe that Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) ADHD definitely do exist. It may be true that in some cases, drugs like Ritalin may be over prescribed, as a mistaken diagnosis, to keep children quiet and subdued, etc., and in those cases, such a diagnosis is unfortunate. To avoid such misdiagnoses, however, parents, teachers, psychiatrists, and others, need to be especially careful that (1) a preponderance of DSM-IV-listed symptoms really do exist; and (2) that such symptoms have existed for at least six months."

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