Kitti Palmai reports for the BBC: “While many parents worry that their children spend too much time playing computer games, Kelcey Sihanourath is pleased to see her son Owain pick up his tablet. Now aged 13, he was diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in…
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“[Richard] Feynman argued that Cargo Cult Science involves cherry-picking evidence to support an assumed conclusion, ignoring contradictory evidence, and giving the appearance of science while failing to actually follow the scientific method.” This article by Sheelah Mills has been published by…
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This documentary film from 2005, directed by Manette Loudon and Gary Null, has been made within an American context. The programme makers say: “Excessive talking, fidgeting, or squirming. Often loses things. Difficulty remaining seated, playing quietly, or sustaining attention. Sound like your…
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Kaitlin Bell Barnett’s book, Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up , asks some uncomfortable questions about how an era of kids on psychotropic drugs are living now. Casey Schwartz, writing in The Daily Beast : “I was 22, walking across the campus of UCLA, where I was taking summer…
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