ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder ADD also known as Attention Deficit Disorder. ADD is a very tough word to define. ... Some symptoms of ADD include: poor attention span, weak impulse control, and hyperactivity (not in all cases). ... The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA’s) DSM IV has classified at least two subtypes of ADD (HARTMANN). ... My question is that since ADD is so hard to define and there are many subtypes, how do we know who has it and who doesn’t. I believe and am going to try to prove that ADD is over prescribed and used to often to people who most likely doesn’t have ADD. To be prescribed as ADD is way too easy. My brother for example, showing what the process is like, was prescribed with ADD. ... My mom decided to take him to the doctors, they asked him some questions and said that he wasn’t concentrating in school and told my parents that he has ADD. ... By asking a couple of questions they know he has ADD? ... The doctor told us that my brother is ADD and she believes him. ... So because a doctor tells you that you have ADD should we believe them? ADD to me seems like an easy way out. “Your child has ADD and needs medication. ... It really reaches out to those who have ADD and shows them that taking pills to help ADD can have a lot of negative effects you them also. This book, Ritalin is not the answer, shows the negative effects taking drugs for ADD/ADHD really has on a person. ... So if this book is true, which his theories have been tested on multiple people, can ADD just be a matter of correcting ones behaviors rather then taking drugs to fix everything? ... If your child is not doing well in school does the mean that he/she has ADD? ... I think that ADD is used to often and used incorrectly if it even exists entirely. How can doctor by asking a few questions know that a patient has ADD?