Tuesday, September 4, 2007
ADHD medications needed
Nearly 9 percent of American children have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but only 32 percent of them are getting the medication they need. That's the sobering conclusion of a landmark new study, the first of its kind based on what doctors consider the "gold standard" of diagnostic criteria -- the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.
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I am a nurse. My daughter has ADD and my son has ADHD, and I tell you I do not know what I will do without the medications that they get. My brother has a girl with ADHD and he did not wanted to give her the medication (not a drug, is an stimulant to make them relax), after me trying to convince him, not he knows the difference because if he will not pay attention to me, he was going to jump from a window because he was going to be crazy with his daughter which is 12 yrs turning into a 15 yr old. You know how teenagers are!!!
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