A YouTube video called “Drugs for Kids” takes a rather tongue-in-cheek approach to the overmedication and overdiagnosis of kids. Studies reveal a correlation between how young a child is compared to their peers in class and the likelihood that they will be diagnosed with ADHD, “suggesting children were being slapped with a diagnostic label for being, well, childish.”
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