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ADHD- Latest Facts For Parents

Is it really ADHD or are the children just being naughty? Parents and child care therapists are beginning to ask this question. The fear now is that many doctors and parents are using the term ADHD as a general dumping ground for kids with problems.

In just ten years the prescriptions for the most widely used drug (Ritalin) for ADHD children in the UK has risen from 4,000 to 360,000! This represents an enormous cost to the the National Health Service to the tune of 28 million. But many parents are now questioning whether the term ADHD is a handy label for disobedient and badly behaved children.

There is some disagreement among experts who say that the actual number of children with ADHD is severely underestimated and that the percentage of children with ADHD could be as high as 1 in 20 children. Other experts argue that the problem is exaggerated and that many children are misdiagnosed and that they are simply badly behaved children !

Diagnosis of ADHD has always been difficult and remains so. A questionnaire is used and its results are anything but objective so the diagnosis can be hit and miss at times. Experts say that there is key distinction to watch out for and that is, if the child only misbehaves in certain situations or in all settings. They do point out that this is a medical condition and may well be present since birth.

Symptoms of ADHD are different from child to child. However certain behaviour patterns emerge. One main pattern concerns hyperactivity, the other impulsiveness. The child is constantly restless and cannot concentrate on any one task for more thn two seconds. The inability to calculate risks goes hand in hand with impulsive behaviour. The child will have difficulty in following instructions and will be distracted very easily. He or she will not be very good at taking turn in playing with peers.

A larger and larger number of parents are single and breadwinners. The family structure has changed and the single parent will find it a challenge in bringing up children. Social reasons too play a role in that the children themselves play outside less and less. They are glued to the TV and computers. This leads to more consumption of snacks which contain additives which may cause hyperactivity.

The problem of misdiagnosing ADHD has come under scrutiny and medics have been criticized for making mistakes. As medication sales for ADHD rocket, the pharmaceutical companies are not going to complain. Some side effects are worrying and the Adderall drug for ADHD in Canada was withdrawn because there was a link with heart disease. Therapy with counselling remains more effective in the long term treatment of this condition than drugs.

Whatever the diagnosis for your child, you will need to come to grips with the problem of bad behaviour. A doctor whose two children had ADHD has shared his experience with other parents and the link is below this article.

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