...boys for profit? Is it all a plan by Big Pharm sponsored groups of psychiatrists and mental health professionals to create a phony diagnosis to generate revenue by influencing teachers / parents to single out hyperactive boys because they are too lazy to innovate different learning methods as well as actually play physical games with their boys that don't involve some technological babysitter?
Genetic studies show that ADHD is linked with being male (boys are four to ten times more likely to get this diagnosis in practice) and is associated with the normal genetic variation found with traits such as height.
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/184/1/8#REF1
Data from the Department of Education and the State Department confirm this trend:
Boys represent up to 70% of children diagnosed with learning disabilities
Boys represent 80% of children diagnosed with behavioral problems Boys represent up to 80% of children on Ritalin and other medicine used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
http://www.schoolsforboys.com/boys-at-risk.html
The Michigan State University study found that prescriptions for the misdiagnoses could represent spending of 320 to 500 million dollars a year, with 80 to 90 million of it paid by Medicaid, a public health insurance program for the poor.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100817/hl_afp/healthusmentalchildren
Genetic studies show that ADHD is linked with being male (boys are four to ten times more likely to get this diagnosis in practice) and is associated with the normal genetic variation found with traits such as height.
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/184/1/8#REF1
Data from the Department of Education and the State Department confirm this trend:
Boys represent up to 70% of children diagnosed with learning disabilities
Boys represent 80% of children diagnosed with behavioral problems Boys represent up to 80% of children on Ritalin and other medicine used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
http://www.schoolsforboys.com/boys-at-risk.html
The Michigan State University study found that prescriptions for the misdiagnoses could represent spending of 320 to 500 million dollars a year, with 80 to 90 million of it paid by Medicaid, a public health insurance program for the poor.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100817/hl_afp/healthusmentalchildren