A major question is, How would you feel if your child was getting F’s in all his/her classes, it Wouldn’t be nice would it? I strongly believe that ADHD medications should be less expensive, Also doctors shouldn’t just guess if a child has ADHD. A saying goes, “If it’s not broken, Don’t fix it.”In this Essay, I will be writing about ADHD.
ADHD Definition: from the wiki
“Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder of the neurodevelopmental type. It is characterized by problems paying attention, excessive activity, or difficulty controlling behavior which is not appropriate for a person's age.”
The amount of children who go unhelped Is substantial, Kids diagnosed with ADHD went up 381 percent from 1989 to 2001. Some of those children probably did not get help. …show more content…
Overdiagnosis
"We need to be worried about the industry pressures, and we need to be worried about overdiagnosis, for sure," said Luis Rohde, a professor of child psychiatry at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and president of the World Federation of A.D.H.D.
Too many kids have ADHD If you do have ADHD, you have a lot of company. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 9.5 percent of kids ages 4 to 17 (that's 5.4 million kids). Doctors should pay more attention to children and put more time into the prescriptions they give to children. Conclusion Overall doctors should pay more attention to kids, At least that’s what i