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troutman · 09-24-2010, 04:17 PM

An older article from 1997:

http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p5m-add2.html

In a major report from the British Psychological Society, British physicians and psychologists are warned not to follow the Canadian and U.S. practice of applying the label attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to such a wide variety of behaviors in children.

The concept of ADHD is new to most European professionals who tend to use the diagnostic systems of the International Classification of Diseases published by the World Health Organization. "As a consequence, children reaching (or meeting) criteria for hyperkinetic disorder are far less common than those reaching DSM III or DSM IV criteria (in Canada and the U.S.)," the report continued.

The widespread appellation of ADHD in North America to difficult children means that most classrooms, and many families, have children who are so classified. Although ADHD is officially a term for a category of mental disorder, the report said, "it has become so widely used ... that it has a prominent place in the contemporary culture."

09-24-2010, 04:17 PM	#49
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	An older article from 1997: http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p5m-add2.html In a major report from the British Psychological Society, British physicians and psychologists are warned not to follow the Canadian and U.S. practice of applying the label attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to such a wide variety of behaviors in children. The concept of ADHD is new to most European professionals who tend to use the diagnostic systems of the International Classification of Diseases published by the World Health Organization. "As a consequence, children reaching (or meeting) criteria for hyperkinetic disorder are far less common than those reaching DSM III or DSM IV criteria (in Canada and the U.S.)," the report continued. The widespread appellation of ADHD in North America to difficult children means that most classrooms, and many families, have children who are so classified. Although ADHD is officially a term for a category of mental disorder, the report said, "it has become so widely used ... that it has a prominent place in the contemporary culture."