Adhd Persuasive Essay

In today’s society, disease, mental or not, runs rampant and continues to grow. ADHD is an ongoing issue that can find its way into anyone’s life, and even though it isn’t contagious it seems to take a hold on a lot of people and it isn’t something that can just be “cured”. Unfortunately, ADHD is becoming somewhat a label that some people can put on themselves, resulting in misdiagnoses. In the age of technology and science, we must eventually find a correct way to diagnose ADHD and put an end to it and the concerns and controversies that accompany it. ADHD was first sighted in 1902 as an impulsive behavior impairment. The first official recording of ADHD as an impairment was in 1968 in the second edition of the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or the DSM. The DSM defines ADHD as “A persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development” (Novella, NP). Anyone who is under 17 must show six or more symptoms for half a year or more, anyone over 17 must show five or more, and the symptoms
Behavior therapy is usually around eight to sixteen sessions and can be group therapies that include other families, rather than individual family therapy. Behavior therapy usually involves training for the parents on how to handle their child’s behavior. Teachers may attend, but the parents usually just share with teachers the things they’ve learned in person or over the phone if it’s brief enough. Parents will learn new skills or strengthen pre-existing ones, and should never leave it entirely up to teachers or other caretakers of the child to learn all of it. Children who attend behavior therapy will learn how to replace their behaviors with better ones and will figure out how to express themselves in a more proper way (CDC,