Cenk Uygur
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Is ADHD Real?
Posted
April 2, 2013
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April 2, 2013
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1,824
4.27%
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4:12Now Playing"According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to one in five high school age boys and 11 percent of all school-age children in the United States have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The findings were part of the Centers' study of children and health, in which the agency interviewed more than 76,000 parents across the country."*
In America, nearly 1 in 5 school age boys have been diagnosed with ADHD and sales of stimulants like Adderall have more than doubled since 2007. Do that many kids actually have the disorder, and is it dangerous to over-prescribe the drugs that treat it? Cnek Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss.
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