Brave New World

Dr. Crippen adds another entry to his blog, detailing his concern over the increasing readiness to diagnose ADHD in children. He also feels uncomfortable about the response of the drug companies, which, to cynics like me and him, seems to be one of recognising a promising new market, ripe for exploitation. 

 

I must admit, when I see statistics that show that in some areas of the US over 10% of children have been diagnosed as having ADHD, then I start to wonder what we are doing. Mind you, even here in the Netherlands, the incidence of ADHD is at 5%.