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The Pros And Cons Of ADHD

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Whether the problem in school is anxiety or a difficulty to focus, ADHD is a possible justification that comes to the minds of parents and teachers. The American Psychological Association defines ADHD or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as a behavioral disorder that interferes with the focus of routinely tasks. In general, individuals with ADHD struggle with planning, stay organized, and focusing. In 2003, the percentage of U.S. children ages 4 to 17 diagnosed with ADHD was 7.8%. The percentage in 2011 has subsequently increased to 11.0%. Moreover, the percentage of U.S. children diagnosed with ADHD is projected to increase at the very least by 5% per year. The point stands, is childhood ADHD an epidemic? And if so, what is the cause …show more content…

children and its leading contributor appears to be misinformation of ADHD created by pharmaceutical companies. According to the American Psychiatric Association, about 5% of American children are estimated to suffer from ADHD in 2017. This suggests that a great portion of children diagnosed with ADHD don’t really have ADHD. William Frankenberger, psychologist and director of the Human Development Center of the University of Wisconsin-Eau-Claire, mentions that “children with the slightest attention problem are sent to be assessed for ADHD at [his] clinic” and he couldn’t “believe [that] they were referred.” These children who were diagnosed to have ADHD prior did not have ADHD when examined by an expert. The children, however, must have been previously diagnosed by an adult with limited or incorrect knowledge of ADHD. Alan Schwarz, journalist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated National Correspondent at The New York Times, claims that the misinformation of ADHD is due to the pharmaceutical advertising of medication. Big pharmaceutical companies have great financial incentives to advertise their drugs. It would seem intuitive for these pharmaceutical companies to create advertisements marketing towards parents and physicians regardless if their product claims aren’t

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This growth creates a necessity for our society to consider the effects that this disease and its treatment have on our generation. According to research by two professors at Berkeley University, they expect that the number of ADHD diagnosis will increase by nearly 47% over the next 5 years (Hinshaw and Scheffler). Not only is this a staggering rate of growth, but the large majority of the new patients will be children, and they will set the precedent for how we view the treatment of such disorders. Therefore, the significance of the issue of ADHD and its treatment cannot be underestimated, and demands attention to the moral and medical consequences of the use of ADHD

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Furthermore, the CDC tries to drive the reader away from common thoughts on the causes of ADHD, such as parenting, too much screen time, or family life (CDC, 2022-b). Overall, the CDC’s website on ADHD easily persuades its readers through the appeal of logos in the logic and reasoning found throughout the

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Due to this lack of awareness, children have a harder time dealing with their obsessions and compulsions that impact their

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The purpose of The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is to help with the process of protecting the health of the American people. The CDC has created a website that focuses on the childhood neurodevelopmental disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This website caters to those who need to be better informed about ADHD when it comes to diagnosis, treatments, and other important facts. The Center for Disease Controls and Prevention website was purposed to reach people through rhetorical appeals such as; ethos, pathos, and logos.

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An effective argument is nothing if it’s not convincing to the audience; regardless of how much groundbreaking evidence an author has, they won’t sell a single book if it isn’t persuasive enough for people to pay attention. Marilyn Wedge is no stranger to these devices, as she uses numerous appeals throughout her book A Disease Called Childhood. Written in the height of what Wedge refers to as “an ADHD epidemic,” this book attempts to detail various causes and solutions to ADHD. In chapter six of A Disease Called Childhood, Marilyn Wedge appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos through a variety of rhetorical strategies and devices to convince the audience that the American education system is contributing to the ADHD epidemic. Wedge appeals to

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In the article “ADHD Is Overdiagnosed”, by Caryn Carlson, the author Carlson is discussing the factors that are leading to ADHD currently being overdiagnosed and overtreated. According to Carlson, based on recent studies there is reason to believe that ADHD is being overdiagnosed in certain regions of the U.S., namely the use of the drug methylphenidate has skyrocketed soon after the turn of the century. Its usage had doubled from 2001 to 2006, with its largest increase stemming from teenagers and young adults. Carlson states that the dramatic increase most likely supports the theory of over diagnose. One of the reasons behind this is that clinicians sometimes diagnose without assessing all criteria and rely mainly on parent reports.

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which stands for ADHD is a common behavioural disorder.

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Lastly, Josef Mengele did not give most of the prisoners he experimented on anesthesia. The fact that he didn’t use anesthesia makes everything that he did already ten times worse. The awful thing is that real human beings had to experience these excruciating experiments even when they did nothing to harm Dr. Mengele. This quote is from a woman who was held at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, “ I was used as a guinea pig for medical experiments. I was never ever given painkillers or anesthetics.”

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I am responsible for my own success and ADHD will not stop me from accomplishing my life goals even if it means having sticky notes all over my room, the car, and on my notebooks. The responsibility that comes with ADHD as a young adult can be overwhelming but gratifying. It allows me to be a VISIONARY creative in my approach to control my repetitive actions, stay focused, not forget, and stay motivated. I must remain committed to continuing what works best for me no matter what anyone else thinks and hopefully inspire others who feel ADHD limits their abilities. My ETHICAL behavior was challenged before my diagnosis, not distinguishing right and wrong behavior.

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This many children having ADHD is highly unlikely, and researchers have been discovering the causes for the rise in diagnoses. ADHD is being overdiagnosed because test scores now affect funding for schools, proper evaluations are not performed, and the educational system expects too much from children.

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I. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, more well-known as ADHD, is a disorder that affects 9% of children in the U.S. When left untreated, ADHD can lead the sufferer to be unable to cope in school or socially and possibly leads to depression. ADHD is a hyperactivity disorder with many symptoms that can be treated through therapy, emotional counselling, and use of medications. II. There is a plethora of symptoms when it comes to ADHD. A. Symptoms are separated into two categories, one is inattentiveness and the other is hyperactivity 1.

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In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) released a new manual called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), to be used by doctors and other health care professionals to diagnose ADHD in children and adults. This manual serves as a guide for the healthcare practitioners, to lay out the criteria when conducting diagnoses of ADHD in an individual. The recent edition of the manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) was produced to change, how ADHD is diagnosed in children and adults particularly the causes of ADHD, the symptom description, and the awareness on the use of information about the disorder in children and adults. Studies have shown

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Which leads to parents pressuring doctors to ‘fix’ their child (Perlman 1). The children being medicated are the youngest ones in their class, but they are just expected to act older than they are (Weber 2). Society has tricked people into thinking there is only one way a child should act. It is true that some children need medicine, but four out of five do not need to be (Richard 4).

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Children with ADHD Attention Psychiatric Association says that up to 11% of children in the U.S have been diagnosed with ADHD. This is a concerning percentage considering the possibility for misdiagnosis. Many children have been misdiagnosed with ADHD due to parents being overwhelmed by their high energy children, Schools not questioning a misdiagnosis because they get more funding for a child with a mental handicap, and because doctors choose the easy way out when treating a child with high energy. The first reason why children are being misdiagnosed for ADHD because parents are being overwhelmed by their high energy children.

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The three mental ailments associated with ADHD are inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Living with these conditions is no easy task. Anyone of those symptoms can individually lead to not having good grades, or even losing track of a simple conversation. Put all of them together and you have a dangerous mix that in undoubtably going to lead to poor school performance and an inept social life, if the proper means are not taken. Therefore, the effectiveness outweighs the risk when it comes to this medication, which in turn makes ADHD medication a promising and efficient treatment for children with attention deficit hyperactivity

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