[Drolefille]

The thing is, no studies have shown a trend toward overdiagnosis. There are certainly individual cases. Everyone knows the mom who wants her kid medicated because she just can't deal with him. But, having looked into this somewhat for a project, there just isn't anything out there showing that there's a bunch of young boys being drugged unnecessarily.

I do understand the push to diagnose early, although I don't think it will make any difference. I think it's more related to school performance, and the fact that to get special consideration at schools, you need that diagnosis and IEP.

I'd say maybe 3 kids of 27 in my grade school class were medicated. (Those were the ones who took a pill during school hours. There wasn't the long acting medication back then AFIAK so I'm guessing.