The number of children being treated with prescription medication for
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has soared in recent years.
Some doctors, parents and child advocates have become concerned that
many children are taking medication unnecessarily. These critics suggest
that ADHD is a mistaken diagnosis in many cases. And even when the
diagnosis is correct, they say, many children who are taking medication
for ADHD could do as well or better with alternative treatments.
Others say the critics greatly exaggerate the number of incorrect
diagnoses. Heightened awareness of the disorder has fueled the rapid
growth of ADHD cases, they say, not a rush to judgment. And ADHD
medications have proved effective, their proponents say, to a degree
that alternative treatments have not. What do you think?
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