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Luckily, ADHD is still unknown here (Italy, and as far as i know also in the rest of europe, UK excluded), i wonder what will happen when the gullible public will discover its existence. ADHD treatments could become even more popular than homeoteraphy.

EDIT: Report about ADHD awareness in Europe: http://www.adhs-deutschland.de/pdf/pdf0007.pdf

EDIT2: Why the downvotes?

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Where is "here"? Afaik (but I'm no expert), the diagnosis is used in large parts of Europe (even if some countries use other acronyms). The Swedes even came up with their own version of ADHD, called DAMP:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deficits_in_Attention,_Motor_co...

Sorry, updated. What i meant is that the general public still usually ignores (confirmed in the linked report, can't attest its accuracy, btw) the existence of this disorder and so i expect that the number of diagnosed cases is still quite small at the moment. What i fear is that with more awareness, more inept parents will find in the ADHD an easy way to explain what is only the result of their educational ineptitude. And sadly, it seems clear that this disorder can easily be misdiagnosed.

You are probably being downvoted because you are making the claim that ADHD is not a real disorder and that treatment for it is comparable to homeopathy.

You are right, maybe i should have stated what i meant more clearly and in a different way, i'm not claiming that. See my other comment below.

I claim: ADHD is not a real disorder and that treatment for it is comparable to homeopathy.

The treatment for ADHD is Adderall. Regardless of if ADHD is real or not, Adderall is nothing like any Homeopathy treatment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall#Performance-enhancing_...

This is not necessarily a crazy claim to make.

Mental differences are objective, but mental disorders are culturally relative.

This doesn't diminish the mental pain that such a difference can cause in a specific culture, but it's not absolute. It's more of a round peg / square hole kind of thing.

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