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Medicating Children is not the Right Thing to do
There are many types of people who may have Attention Deficit Disorder, also known as ADD/ADHD, which is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ADD is defined as learning disorder affecting children, adolescents, and some adults. Common symptoms of ADD are learning and behavioral difficulties as well as the typical problem of ADHD, hyperactivity. Males are more likely to have ADD with many other symptoms, such as depression and anxiety. People as far back as the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries believed ADD was not a medical problem; they believed the children were misbehaving. Some research has convinced many medical personnel to prescribe medication as the correct treatment for ADD, but evidence shows medication is not always the best solution.
Along with many other medical personnel, Dr. John Ratley is one physician who supports the use of medication as the easiest way to solve the problem of ADD/ADHD. Also, he......

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