Medication Persuasive Speech
After a long day at the office you walk in door, change into something comfortable, heat up some leftover pizza, and finally sit down to catch up on your favorite show when you see commercial after commercial of prescription or over the counter medications flooding the market. There is definitely not a shortage of ailment curing products that range from helping with depression to erectile dysfunction, but have you ever wondered if we have become a society that is so reliant on our technological advances in medicine that were only interested in a quick fix? Don’t get me wrong we need medicine, but how much of a shotgun approach is taking place without possibly looking at the root cause of the problem? I’m going to discuss a particular medication
regarding children, adults, and how these medications may or may not be appropriate. So with that said let’s take a look at children and medication. A major concern for a lot of parents is a child who is inattentive, displays hyperactivity, or impulsive behavior at home or in school which is all to often diagnosed as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). As parents we naturally want the best for our children, and would do anything in the world to help them with the struggles that life presents. So does this mean that because your child acts out at school, doesn’t pay attention to instructions, or achieves below average grades that they have ADHD? Absolutely not! Thirty years ago it was estimated that 3-5 percent of children had ADHD, but in 2011, it is estimated to be 11 percent. That boils down to 6.4 million children from 4-17 years old being diagnosed with ADHD, and 4.2 million of these children being treated with medication. The biggest contributing factors to this are over diagnosis through inadequate evaluations, pressure for treatment, and increased demands on our children’s schools and families. (psychiatryadvisor.com, A True Epidemic or an Epidemic of Over Diagnosis, Sanford Newmark MD, July 28, 2015). A good example of this would be to compare how kindergarten was when you were a child vs. the children of today. When we were children the focus was on they learning the alphabet, how to pronounce letters, the fundamentals of school, etc. In today’s class rooms children are almost expected to know how to read
regarding children, adults, and how these medications may or may not be appropriate. So with that said let’s take a look at children and medication. A major concern for a lot of parents is a child who is inattentive, displays hyperactivity, or impulsive behavior at home or in school which is all to often diagnosed as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). As parents we naturally want the best for our children, and would do anything in the world to help them with the struggles that life presents. So does this mean that because your child acts out at school, doesn’t pay attention to instructions, or achieves below average grades that they have ADHD? Absolutely not! Thirty years ago it was estimated that 3-5 percent of children had ADHD, but in 2011, it is estimated to be 11 percent. That boils down to 6.4 million children from 4-17 years old being diagnosed with ADHD, and 4.2 million of these children being treated with medication. The biggest contributing factors to this are over diagnosis through inadequate evaluations, pressure for treatment, and increased demands on our children’s schools and families. (psychiatryadvisor.com, A True Epidemic or an Epidemic of Over Diagnosis, Sanford Newmark MD, July 28, 2015). A good example of this would be to compare how kindergarten was when you were a child vs. the children of today. When we were children the focus was on they learning the alphabet, how to pronounce letters, the fundamentals of school, etc. In today’s class rooms children are almost expected to know how to read