The Rise in ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment within the United States of America
Jan Wakefeild
The Rise in ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment within the United States of America
The fight on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been going for more than fifty years. ADHD is a neurobehavioral disorder of childhood that often persists into adulthood (Key Findings: Trends in the Parent-Report of Health Care Provider-Diagnosis and Medication Treatment for ADHD: United States, 2003—2011, 2013). Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that an estimated two million more children have been diagnosed with ADHD over the past seven years, a forty-two percent increase (ADHD Diagnosis & Treatment on the Rise in U.S., 2013). A forty-two percent increase, why? Could it be something in water? Or maybe it has to deal with the large amount of processed foods we eat every day. The increases in diagnosis and treatment of ADHD within the United States of America will be exemplified within this paper.
Over two million more children in the United States have been diagnosed with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder along with one million more tacking more tacking medications for ADHD over an eight period ( 2003 – 2004 to 2011 – 2012 ) ( ADHD Estimates Rise, 2014). ADHD has reached an all-time high in association with children, studies done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that within the last ten years as many as fifteen percent of all high school students carry a ADHD diagnosis (Explaining the Rise in ADHD, 2014). Those numbers are very high compared to ADHD diagnosis and treatment in other developed countries like Western Europe or Asia (Explaining the Rise in ADHD, 2014). Common sense says that there should not be this enormous of a differences based on population frequency. The numbers make ADHD look like an epidemic.
ADHD has become popular within our communities. After reading medical literature, it is very apparent that there is an increased pressure parents and schools. This
The Rise in ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment within the United States of America
The fight on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been going for more than fifty years. ADHD is a neurobehavioral disorder of childhood that often persists into adulthood (Key Findings: Trends in the Parent-Report of Health Care Provider-Diagnosis and Medication Treatment for ADHD: United States, 2003—2011, 2013). Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that an estimated two million more children have been diagnosed with ADHD over the past seven years, a forty-two percent increase (ADHD Diagnosis & Treatment on the Rise in U.S., 2013). A forty-two percent increase, why? Could it be something in water? Or maybe it has to deal with the large amount of processed foods we eat every day. The increases in diagnosis and treatment of ADHD within the United States of America will be exemplified within this paper.
Over two million more children in the United States have been diagnosed with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder along with one million more tacking more tacking medications for ADHD over an eight period ( 2003 – 2004 to 2011 – 2012 ) ( ADHD Estimates Rise, 2014). ADHD has reached an all-time high in association with children, studies done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that within the last ten years as many as fifteen percent of all high school students carry a ADHD diagnosis (Explaining the Rise in ADHD, 2014). Those numbers are very high compared to ADHD diagnosis and treatment in other developed countries like Western Europe or Asia (Explaining the Rise in ADHD, 2014). Common sense says that there should not be this enormous of a differences based on population frequency. The numbers make ADHD look like an epidemic.
ADHD has become popular within our communities. After reading medical literature, it is very apparent that there is an increased pressure parents and schools. This
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