It’s easy that, in a world where priority is always to arrive on time, it can be disruptive for a child to start jumping on a puddle, so it’s easy, regardless of behavior, to facilitate the mass diagnosis of hyperactive children.
We have said it many times before: there is no difficult child, the hard part is being a child in a world of tired people, without patience and in haste, it is normal for a child to run, jump, scream, experiment and do everything around him an amusement park. It is normal for a child, at least at a younger age, to behave exactly like a child, and not as the adult he wants him to be.
- However.
- There are adults who do not know how to take advantage of a child and therefore educate them to be something else like one?Mobile? That a real boy.
- Obviously.
- This massive concern about the disruptive and inattentive behaviors of young children generates massive diagnoses in mental health services for children and adolescents.
Increased diagnosis of ADHD around the world has sounded alarms, particularly in areas related to childhood and adolescence. The very existence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is highly questionable, at least in the way it was conceived.
For example, it is now considered a drawer in which several cases are stacked, ranging from neurological problems to behavioral problems or lack of resources and skills to cope with its environment.
The specialized reader may be interested to know that the diagnosis of ADHD or its equivalent in other classifications is four times higher if DMS-IV is used than if CIE-10 is used, which gives an idea of the speculative nature of the diagnosis of this ‘disease’.
Not by chance, since the 1990s, the prescription of psychostimulants has soared in countries such as Spain (whose consumption has increased 20 times) and the United States (which, being the world’s largest consumer, has multiplied its consumption by only four).
You should know that when we talk about psychostimulants we do it mainly using methylphenidate, the most widely used amphetamine-like chemical in the world for the treatment of ADHD.
To assess the good (or bad) relationship between psychostimulants and the improvement of so-called ADHD diagnosed in hyperactive children, numerous studies of dubious rigidity have been conducted, which have made history in favor of medicalization (such as MTA).
Turns out the subsequent statement from your coordinator, Peter S. Jensen, it’s not that widespread. It’s a shame, because you admit to receiving fees?multinational pharmaceutical companies that sell psychostimulants in the United States.
However, our goal here is not to start looking at this issue in depth, but to favor different arguments that make us look more suspiciously at a disturbing habit: the use and abuse of psychostimulants by our children.
Psychostimulants have long been used to reduce fatigue, increase physical and intellectual performance, and improve mood. Coffee, tea, tobacco, and cocaine are all natural elements with a long history of use (and abuse) to stimulate our body.
Taking a historic leap that would justify the link between psychostimulant drugs and the onset of ADHD, it should be noted that amphetamines, in terms of jurisprudence, are totally prohibited in some countries, however, is there any form of amphetamine?Lisdenxamphetamine – which is released for the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents.
This leads us to think about the possibility that psychostimulants of this type may be allowed and prescribed so regularly, since in the short term this treatment reduces ADHD symptoms in about 70% of cases, however, the effects of psychostimulants are the same in those diagnosed. and undiagnosed children, which does not suggest a specific effect.
This effect is also not sustainable, as some problems are related. Long-term evaluation of the effects of psychostimulants on the baby’s brain is of great concern. Only in a few years will we know exactly what we’re doing with our brains. children and what ADHD really is.
It is recommended to read the book: Back to normal. The invention of ADHD and bipolar disorder in children. From: Fernando García De Vinuesa, Héctor Gonzalez Pardo and Marino Pérez Alvarez