RetiredGySgt
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I never said they got locked up for adhd. I pointed out that a facility went from having few beds for children to be locked up to almost all their beds being for children and then I pointed out that in 6 years it was not likely that that many children suddenly developed such severe problems that they all needed to be locked up. Hell I saw a 5 year old in lock up at lunch.WinterBorn, I'd love to talk more with you on ADHD. We both have it, lived it, experienced it.
I seriously doubt the millions diagnosed as children with numerous supposed conditions have them. Some may but the over reaction and the lazy parents that demand treatment are part of the problem, the rest of it is the doctors that over medicate for simple childhood behavior.As for kids we need to stop diagnosing childhood behavior as mental illness.
Does this include ADHD?
ADHD is hereditary, and a biophysiological disorder.
You can not tell me that suddenly in the last 20 years we have millions of adhd when their parents never had it if it is inherited.
We have a local facility here that I was in and out of from 96 to 2001. It went from a very small child section with a geriatric section and large adult section to no geriatric and very few beds for adults. There is no way that many kids suddenly had problems so severe they had to be locked up.
There are certainly children misdiagnosed with ADHD. ADHD certainly exists. It is real.
Working in a neurorehabilitative hospital, during orientation we were shown slides which contained pictures of brain scans. Ones of those with ADHD, and those without. The differences were apparent.
It could be that ADHD has gone untreated and misunderstood because people of the past generation were ignorant. They thought hitting a child suffering from the disorder was well enough. People know how the mentally-insane were treated in centuries past, too.
Children do not get locked up for having ADHD. That is not logical. That is not factual. You should study what ADHD and its various forms are.