Unfortunately, that study was done a couple of hundred years after the UK lost control of North Carolina, so it doesn’t support the claim that ADHD medication is overprescribed in the UK.
While it’s likely true that the condition is overdiagnosed in adolescent populations, it’s also widely acknowledged that ADHD is less commonly diagnosed once in adulthood.
As someone who was medicated as a child, people are right to be suspicious of providing toddlers with stimulants.
Diagnosed at age 4. Prescribed stimulant medication. It had serious negative consequences for both me and my development. I’m not alone in this regard. School systems should be made to accommodate children with ADHD, not forcing stimulants on children to make them compatible with school systems.
In the UK the NHS uses NICE guidelines for prescriptions. A doctor would be expected to justify prescribing outside of this.
Additionally, ADHD charities report that it is under diagnosed in people in the UK. With many parents suspicious of medicating children.
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Unfortunately, that study was done a couple of hundred years after the UK lost control of North Carolina, so it doesn’t support the claim that ADHD medication is overprescribed in the UK.
This is a little misleading. Like most macro trends, the actual situation is far more complicated. Here’s a study describing under diagnosis of ADHD in adults
While it’s likely true that the condition is overdiagnosed in adolescent populations, it’s also widely acknowledged that ADHD is less commonly diagnosed once in adulthood.
North Carolina is neither in the UK or Europe
As someone who was medicated as a child, people are right to be suspicious of providing toddlers with stimulants.
Diagnosed at age 4. Prescribed stimulant medication. It had serious negative consequences for both me and my development. I’m not alone in this regard. School systems should be made to accommodate children with ADHD, not forcing stimulants on children to make them compatible with school systems.