ADHD children may be immature (www.mentalhealthexcellence.org)

Christine Cissy White 1/26/176:58 AM

Note: ADHD is complicated. This is an interesting read for parents and teachers with kids on the younger side compared to peers.

Of those children, 5937 received medication for ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, with boys more highly represented than girls. Among kids aged 6-10, those born in June, the last month of the recommended school intake, were twice as likely to have been given ADHD drugs as those born in July, the first month of the recommended intake.
A similar difference was evident among children aged 11-15, and when comparing the first and last three months of the recommended school intake period.
“Similar findings in North America indicated that developmental immaturity is mislabelled as a mental disorder and unnecessarily treated with stimulant medication,” the researchers report in today’s Medical Journal of Australia. Read more.

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Christine Cissy WhiteIt's not trauma-informed unless it's informed by trauma survivors.

Yes. Great point. If it were diagnosed after ALL else was acknowledged, addressed and dealt with, i'm sure the numbers of kids with ADHD would be so much lower.

1/26/174:35 PM

Jane StevensPublisher, ACEsTooHigh; founder, PACEs Connection

ADHD is also misdiagnosed -- it is often a child's normal response to adversity in their lives, and a symptom of troubles in the family. In these cases, the solution lies in helping the family, not medicating the child.

1/26/1712:57 PM

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