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  by Dr. Deborah Bauers

  Created on: February 22, 2008   Last Updated: October 16, 2011

  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a mental health issue that continues to draw significant

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  by Elizabeth M Young

  Created on: October 19, 2009

  Over diagnosis and misdiagnosis of ADHD is a shameful, horrific, and massive mistake that has gone on

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  by Victor Mikulin

  Created on: May 29, 2009

  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a very real disorder that when treated with a

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  by Carla Conward

  Created on: December 03, 2008

  Nodding off at his desk as I am teaching a lesson on Measures of Central Tendency, my most "active"

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  by Bettina Sipe

  Created on: February 18, 2009

  Whether it's deemed a cop-out or a catch-all, one thing is for certain: ADHD is overdiagnosed in children.

  It

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  by Mary M. Redoutey

  Created on: April 05, 2009

  If you ask me if I think ADHD is overdiagnosed, I would have to say, "Yes, indeed it is."

  When little

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  by Joseph Whalen

  Created on: January 11, 2008

  We are so quick to pump medications into people for every ailment we can imagine. ADHD is no exception

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  by Lisa H Warren

  Created on: June 19, 2008

  Based not only on what we've all heard about medications for ADHD, but also on several children I have

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  by Jimmy Flatbush

  Created on: January 27, 2011

  Rampant distraction, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity curtail childhood performance in the classroom,

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  by David Furritus

  Created on: January 23, 2008

  "He isn't hyperactive, he just has ADHD!"
  "Don't blame my daughter for acting up in school. She just

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  by Melinda Clayton

  Created on: March 06, 2008   Last Updated: March 08, 2008

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1.6 million elementary school

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  by Rebecca Roche

  Created on: December 02, 2008

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  ADHD is well and truly over diagnosed in children. I speak from personal experience when I say

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  by Sabrina Ginesi

  Created on: April 07, 2009

  Yes it is most definitely over diagnosed, and more to the point is it an escape for negligent parenting

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  by Julie Spaur

  Created on: April 05, 2009

  I completely think that the experts and general population are WAY too quick to diagnose a child as

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  by Melba Dagan

  Created on: November 10, 2008

  One cannot pick up a paper or magazine without finding at least one article about ADHD. And every article

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  by Jane Hendry

  Created on: April 01, 2008   Last Updated: July 28, 2009

  ADHD or educational deficit?

  ADHD is a globally recognised diagnosis and there is evidence to support

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  by Suzanne Mathews

  Created on: June 30, 2008   Last Updated: December 24, 2008

  Five year old boys can be a bit rowdy or this is what I believed was the norm for my son. It was not

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  by Jenny Turpin

  Created on: December 02, 2008

  Restless children in school can be a hand full for a teacher trying to fit in a required curriculum,

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  by Joe Biden

  Created on: August 26, 2008

  Like many kids I got falsely diagnosed with a medical condition because my behavior was a little quirky.

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  by Shazelle Santana

  Created on: August 26, 2008   Last Updated: September 11, 2008

  I definitely agree that ADHD is over-diagnosed in children. I live in a relatively wealthy mid sized