Use of meds by L.A. County foster, delinquent kids prompts reform (Boys more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD, “oppositional defiant disorder” and “conduct disorder” resulting in medication)

DougDante · 2015-04-08T23:24:52+00:00

From the article:

Kesha Price, a former Los Angeles County foster youth, said, “I was on 14 pills a day when I was 13 years old, and let’s just say I was not able to function in school.”

Both boys and girls are affected, but please note the statistically disproportionate impact on boys:

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more commonly diagnosed in boys than girls, but research into ADHD in adulthood suggests an almost equal balance between men and women.

A 2005 study looking at gender differences in ADHD found higher rates of “oppositional defiant disorder” and “conduct disorder” in males, and higher rates of “separation anxiety disorder” in females, suggesting that internalizing disorders are more common in females and externalizing disorders are more common in males.

http://psychcentral.com/lib/adhd-and-gender/0003126

Related action opportunities:

Action Opportunity: End Unsafe Drugging of Foster Kids, Especially Boys

Action Opportunity: Call for an investigation: Fraud, waste, and abuse in child protective services are endangering foster child victims (Repost)

Action Opportunity: End the Appearance of Discrimination Against Raped, Drugged, Bullied, and Defrauded Boys and Men at US Department of Education

disposable-name · 2015-04-09T13:41:21+00:00

Isn't amazing ADHD never became an epidemic until third-wave feminism kicked off in the nineties?

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