I can't help but question some of the statistics in the article (link at the bottom). I can recall one mother telling me about her sons "ADHD" and how he was not on medication at the time. Our conversation lasted well over 1/2 hour and the boy sat quietly in the desk sipping a drink the entire time. I had doubts that a child with serious ADHD could sit politely for that long period of time listening to adults talk.
I would be willing to guess that the majority of boys and a good number of girls have been on some sort of behavior modification medication by the time they reach high school. So when I hear that record number of college students have depression and mood disorders ... I wonder.
College is a high stress environment and therefore it is to be expected that there will be some emotional response to that in any normal person. Are we over reacting by diagnosing depression and prescribing medication?
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