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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.amazon.com/Weve-Got-Issues-Children-Medication/dp/B005DI8BKU

Surprised no one has yet mentioned this book. She goes into it with the premise that we're overprescribing everything. Does a 180 and comes out convinced it's all very real.[/quote]

I am not sure this kind of anecdotes based books mean much. No one, well I guess no one who is serious will deny there are true benefits of medication for some children. But when prevalence jumped 200 percent in a decade, it is something to think about.[/quote]

See, these are the things I think about long before I conclude "it's all made up," which is what you seem to be inferring.

1) The condition has always been there, largely untreated and undiagnosed. So it's not really an increase in prevalence. The increase in Rx may be related more to the fact that effective, FDA-approved and peer-reviewed medications tested in double-blind laboratory tests came onto the market, rather than the cynical meme of drug pushing. Or:

2) You're right, there IS an increased prevalence. But that's due to environmental factors, most likely the introduction of widespread use of genetic modifications to our crops and other toxins. 
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Toxins are indeed a major problem, as is [b]absentee parenting[/b].[/quote]

Straw man. Every child I know who has ADHD is intensely supervised. Usually there is a parent at home. They are extremely involved in trying to manage the condition. There's no absenteeism.[/quote]

The evidence shows that when a kid has a SN, family income takes a hit, because one parent stops working, usually the Mom.   [/quote]
Evidence?[/quote]

Here you go:

Reports on studies:

Families with autism
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mothers-of-autistic-children-earn-56-less-income-study-says/

Families with ADHD:
http://ftp.iza.org/dp6092.pdf

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