Is ADHD/ADD Overdiagnosed in America?

Is ADHD/ADD Overdiagnosed in America?

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, five percent of American children have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, prompting thousands of children to take medications like Ritalin and Adderall. Some parents and health professionals worry that we’re too quickly diagnosing our youngest patients, but for others a diagnosis has provided much needed help for their struggling children. Has the boom in ADD/ADHD made our children healthier, or only over-medicated them?

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Why Have No Real ADHD Experts Come on
- From Fred Baughman MD
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By Fred Baughman, MD - Neurologist/Author

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    Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD has been an adult & child neurologist, in private practice, for 35 years. Making "disease" (real diseases--epilepsy, brain tumor... More

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