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ADHD Diagnosis, Treatment Differ Across the Globe

In the U.S. the children are drugged that are diagnosed with ADHD. Especially Foster children, because Child Protective Services doesn't won't to deal with them. For that matter, most foster parent's don't want to either. An active, busy child doesn't need to be drugged!

Economic, historical, and political forces and cultural values affect the implementation of treatment for ADHD worldwide.

In Israel, highly active children are well tolerated in the classroom, making it difficult to distinguish high activity from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manifestation. In Brazil, light physical punishment is considered by a large number of teachers to be “therapeutic,” and physical exercise is considered a viable alternative to medication for children with ADHD. In Canada, health professionals view ADHD as an impairing, often lifelong disorder that requires careful assessment and multimodal intervention.