ADHD Medicating Children

Medicating Children for ADD/ADHD

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) experience 70% improvement in the quality of their lives from medication by helping them focus and sit still, and they are less likely to be labeled as a troublemaker or lazy; however, the medication is very powerful, it can change the child’s personality, and it is believed that behavioral therapy can work instead of medicine. There is an appearance of over medicating children with ADHD yet statistics predict that 50% of children with ADHD are not diagnosed.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is neurobehavioral, developmental, and behavioral disorder. There are three categories of ADHD defined as inattention, hyperactivity and…show more content…
One way of looking at ADHD is that it is difficulty with managing the multiple aspects of ‘paying attention’. Attention is not a simple, easily defined matter of focusing on one thing. Attention is the management or orchestration of the information being received by the senses, interpreting this information, and responding to this information.” Many children with ADHD feel as though they are under achievers, and they don’t make friends easily due to impulsive and reckless behaviors, along with hyperactivity. The children are labeled as trouble makers, and criticized for being lazy.…show more content…
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