6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Putting Your Kid on ADHD Medication

6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Putting Your Kid on ADHD Medication | TIME:

Leonard Sax MD PhD is a practicing physician, psychologist, and the author of four books for parents, most recently The Collapse of Parenting.

American kids are now much more likely to be diagnosed and treated for ADHD than kids in any other country. For example, a teenager in the United States is now nearly 14 times more likely to be on medication for ADHD than a teenager in the United Kingdom.