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Five Common Assumptions Of ADHD In Children

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This article discusses five common assumptions on ADHD. In the introduction of the article it states that 5-7% of all school-aged children have ADHD, which makes ADHD the most prevalent childhood psychiatric disorder. The first assumption is that ADHD causes deviant behavior. This assumption is false because ADHD is not a disease that explains why a child behaves a certain way, it is a description of behavior of inattentive and impulsivity. The second assumption is that ADHD is a disease. This is a common assumption for ADHD in children, but ADHD is a man-made classification and does not meet the requirements to be a disease. It is not a disease because a clinician is the one making a diagnosis and there are not any exact causes for ADHD.
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