ADHD
Diagnoses More Common in Younger
Children - American study...
A recent study has found that of every child in the same school grade level,
the younger children are more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit
hyperactive disorder (ADHD) than children months older.
Although these children are noticed and targeted first — undoubtedly for
their less mature behavior, the increase in prescriptions for
ADHD medications
over the years shows that the psychiatric and pharmaceutical industry are
continually lessening the conditions upon which a child can be diagnosed with
ADHD.
In
British Columbia, the cutoff date for entering school in any year is
December 31st, making children born in January the oldest in their grade, and
children born in December the youngest. Researchers looked at approximately 1
million children ages 6-12 diagnosed with ADHD and found that those born in
December were 39 percent more likely to be labeled as having ADHD, and 48
percent more likely to be treated with ADHD
medication, than those born in
January.
'Our study suggests younger, less mature children are
inappropriately being labeled and treated…it is important not to expose children
to potential harms from unnecessary diagnosis and use of medications,' study
researcher Richard Morrow, of the
University of British Columbia, said.
As rates of ADHD escalate each year, more and more children are stricken by
not the ‘disorder’, but the medication that is prescribed to fix it.
ADHD has become one of the most commonly diagnosed childhood disorders today,
with an average of 9 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 17 being
diagnosed with the disease each year. Over 18 million prescriptions were written
for
Adderall in 2010, up 13.4 percent from 2009. The massive increase has
actually led to ADHD medication shortages, where pharmaceutical companies are
actually struggling to acquire enough of the active ingredient used in the drugs
to ‘treat’ the ADHD label.
Children are prescribed these behavior altering drugs, which alter their
brain chemistry and lead to more serious problems like depression and drug
dependencies later in life. Pharmaceuticals are only a temporary fix that do not
address the fundamental issues behind ADHD, or any disorder for that matter. The
lack of necessity regarding these pharmaceuticals has even sparked outcry
against antipsychotics by mainstream health officials.
Aside from an epidemic of misdiagnoses, an improper diet has everything to do
with children expressing what would be viewed as ADHD-like behavior. For parents
with children labeled with ADHD, try the simple test of helping to alter your
child’s diet.
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/03/adhd-diagnoses-more-common-in-younger.html
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