ADHD? Not French kids

In France, fewer than 0.5% of kids are diagnosed and medicated for ADHD.

In the United States, that number is a staggering 9%.

In France, the assumption is that inattention and hyperactivity can be treated through psychotherapy, structure, and nutrition.

In the United States, for the most part, we prescribe.

This information was found in an article published in Psychology Today in 2012 by a psychologist named Dr. Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D.  Her ideas may not be popular among many parents.  But the state of affairs with ADHD being regarded as mainly a neurological disorder worthy of psychiatric treatment deserves questioning.  Especially with the ubiquitous availability of the medications, the private re-sale of them, and resulting rise in stimulant abuse.

So we published this: