CDC: More Than 20% of 14-Year-Old Boys Diagnosed With ADHD

rapey_raperson · 2013-11-26T19:14:52+00:00

Once upon a time, everyone understood that boys need more activity than girls. So schools had recess, and breaks between recess, and structured schedules so boys could be active during the day.

Then the psychologists got involved. They created "baseline" profiles for children and declared all the boys who fell outside the baseline model had ADHD.

Then, not surprisingly, parents and educators started using ADHD as an excuse to get what they want: more aides, assistants and funding for the schools; more special allowances made for their children for the parents.

Now all this pseudo-scientific crap has, through the power of being authenticated in the media for years, become "fact." And so we have this statistic from the CDC.

Arakin · 2013-11-26T19:16:27+00:00

ADHD is fishy in the first place. I'm not going to make a broad claim and say it's a fictional disorder, but 20%? That's bull.

The study indicated that American boys were 125 percent more likely than girls to be diagnosed with ADHD, and that boys were 127 percent more likely than girls to be medicated for it.

Do you think this is because girls are favored more in school, as seen by their higher graduation rates? When a girl acts out, she's breaking gender norms and that's just her personality type, but rowdy boys are being the bad kind of boys. Point is, boys are more likely to be diagnosed/medicated for ADHD, not that they are 20% more likely to have ADHD. Somebody is pointing fingers, and quicker to pull the trigger, on the boys more than the girls. I'll stop before I'm labeled a conspiracy theorist.

wrez · 2013-11-26T18:07:23+00:00

From TFA, The CDC describes ADHD symptoms as follows: “A child with ADHD might: daydream a lot, forget or lose things a lot, squirm or fidget, talk too much, make careless mistakes or take unnecessary risks, have a hard time resisting temptation, have trouble taking turns, have difficulty getting along with others”.

pintocat · 2013-11-26T18:56:00+00:00

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Macdaddy357 · 2013-11-26T21:34:10+00:00

Any kid who won't sit still like a good little zombie gets pilled up.

ZimbaZumba · 2013-11-26T19:19:16+00:00

A 'disorder' is by definition a relative term and a measure relative to the norm. Our problem isn't boys but the redefinition of normal.

c0mputar · 2013-11-26T18:51:59+00:00

Not once do they mention anything about wrongful diagnosis. How younger kids in the class are statistically more likely to be diagnosed. No mention of any harmful side effects of over medicating children.

The criteria for diagnosing ADHD has repeatedly been shown to be quite lacking. Children who do not mature as quick in their early years are getting pumped with drugs for no medically justifiable reason. When you have boys and girls in the same class at a younger age (while nothing is wrong with that), it looks more obvious that boys are less mature and rowdier, thus they are more likely diagnosed for ADHD since doctors/teachers are comparing their profiles with non-medicated classmates.

What a one-sided piece of shit report.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-11-27T00:13:22+00:00

If one fifth of a population is defined as mentally I'll that's a problem with the definition used or the society.

ShawnRhoden · 2013-11-26T19:39:56+00:00

Real ADHD and immature behavior are two totally different things. There's a reason why this generation is called the rx generation.p

saratogacv60 · 2013-11-26T21:42:06+00:00

I think it is a combination of factors that have lead to the increase of this diagnosis: firstly schools are increasing testing which puts more pressure on teachers to make boys sit down and pay attention. These drugs do keep these kids more focused. Secondly big pharma has marketed these drugs relentlessly. Third boys especially young boys are not engaging in structures physical play like they used to. When I was a kid I would go out tot the park and play all day. Third high calorie low quality food is creating an epidemic of obesity. While I have no study handy I believe that better diets would help these children far more than drugs.

zpkmook · 2013-11-28T12:21:22+00:00

http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-adhd-without-stimulants/ TLDR: Exercise is effective at treating "adhd"

Bajawah · 2013-11-27T00:57:44+00:00

Wow. Some of you people are talking about things you don't know about.

Adult who jut got diagnosed with ADHD. Thought I had it, went in to confirm.

They gave me stimulants. Dextrine to be exact. I can focus, listen to people, happier, get more done. Only side effect is a lower hunger.

Saying something doesn't exist when you are not any sort of a professional is just fucking ignorant of you. Kindly fuck off.

syntaxgs · 2013-11-26T19:15:45+00:00

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Title	CDC: More Than 20% of 14-Year-Old Boys Diagnosed With ADHD
Author	wrez
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Date	November 26, 2013 6:06 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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