BTW someone said that ADD is not recognized in Europe. Apparently that is not the case:
For instance I found this Swedish study: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2001), 42:487-492 The Comorbidity of ADHD in the General Population of Swedish School-age Children Björn Kadesjö a1 and Christopher Gillberg a1 c1 a1 Göteborg University, Sweden Abstract This study examined patterns of comorbid/associated diagnoses and associated problems in a population sample of children with and without DSM-III-R attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Half (N = 409) of a mainstream school population of Swedish 7-year-olds were clinically examined, and parents and teachers were interviewed and completed questionnaires. The children were followed up 2–4 years later. Eighty-seven per cent of children meeting full criteria for ADHD (N = 15) had one or more—and 67% at least two—comorbid diagnoses. The most common comorbidities were oppositional defiant disorder and developmental coordination disorder. Children with subthreshold ADHD (N = 42) also had very high rates of comorbid diagnoses (71% and 36%), whereas those without ADHD (N = 352) had much lower rates (17% and 3%). The rate of associated school adjustment, learning, and behaviour problems at follow-up was very high in the ADHD groups. We concluded that pure ADHD is rare even in a general population sample. Thus, studies reporting on ADHD cases without comorbidity probably refer to highly atypical samples. By and large, such studies cannot inform rational clinical decisions. (Accepted September 21 2000) Key Words: ADD/ADHD; comorbidity; developmental coordination disorder; dyslexia; tics; oppositional defiant disorder. On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:06:09 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In terms of the scientific debate on ADD and ADHD that was resolved in > the early 80's. Now if there is a dispute as to whether it exists its > in a political debate. > > larry > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:55:55 -0500, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) wrote: > > > I cant help it : ADD (and I am assuming that you mean Attention Deficit > > > Order) is not a disease so I how can you be 'diagnosed' with it? > > > > I don't know if it is a disease in the medical sense, but I remember in > > college that the administration was making a big push at educating about > > ADD & depression. They classified it as a disease. > > > > I'm on the fence about this. Americans, and I'm one too, are notorious > > for grabbing any explanation that absolves them from any responsibility. > > But I don't have any medical knowledge and I'm willing to go along > > with the doctors on this. > > > > > > -- > > 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. > > > > Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143048 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
