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Some Myths about ADD
• A fashionable disease
• An American invention
• Overdiagnosed
• More frequent in boys
• Eventually outgrown
• Does not require medication
• Medication is addictive and leads to drug abuse
• Medication alone is sufficient to treat ADD
The Facts
• ADD is a biological, often genetic, condition Is found world-wide in
approximately the same proportion
• Affects about 6% of the general population, but only 2% are diagnosed
• Is equally distributed between the sexes; but is often unrecognized in girls
• ADD is a life-long condition
• Needs to be treated
• The medication is not addictive rather it lowers the rate of drug abuse opposed to people with untreated ADD
• Requires comprehensive treatment (drug, nutrition, psychological, academic, social)
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