A) this article was written by Katherine Ellison in the New York Times website. This article is about how doctors are on the look-out for new objective evidence of ADHD(attention deficit hyperactive disorder). This disorder is being overly-diagnosed by doctors.simply, if one cannot concentrate well, they automatically assume its attention deficit and then go to their doctor and get a prescription for a medication they may not even need. it's simply based on paranoia and the thought of being comforted by the fact that all your problems could be fixed by a little pill.not true.most doctors today dont do actual tests on patients in order to diagnose them. they simply give them a sheet of paper with a number of questions on it relating to basic syptoms that pretty much everyone has had at one time or another.pretty much everyone is going around saying they have adhd nowadays, but do they really have it or are they just being peranoid?The article goes on to describe the new test that has been recently developed to accurately diagnose patients for adhd. in the medical world, theyre trying to step up and make it more effecient and easy for people to get the right medical help they need.
B)I chose this article because I was diagnosed with ADD(attention deficit disorder) a more mild case of ADHD.Ive been taking medication for it since grade school and i have recently discovered that i may have not even needed it, because i pay attention fine when im not on it.so I really do think that there are alot of flaws in the medical world. diagnosis for, not only attention disorders but others are so subjective.doctors have really slacked in accurately treating patients that they just go and prescribe medication right off the bat.It's crazy. we pay money so we can have good medical attention when needed and we arent getting the most out of what we pay for.so many kids today are going around with adhd pills even when they dont really need them and have been improperly diagnosed. the pills have side effects that can be potentially dangerous to those that dont really need the medication.It's extremely sad to think that you can't even trust your doctors to treat you properly.
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