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Originally Posted by Angelique67
I'm not so much against the diagnosing as I am the drugging. In the example on TLC, those kids are medicated if I recall correctly.
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Fair enough. Unfortunately many societies don't seem to see mental illness in general as being worth taking seriously. Even if the suffering this causes doesn't matter to those not directly affected, the monetary cost to taxpayers should. I saw a talk by a leading ADHD researcher in which he specified a dollar amount that people with poorly managed ADHD can cost the system each year. I don't remember the exact number, but it was astronomical.