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Mistaking Childhood Trauma for ADHD

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This article submitted by long time CASA guardian ad Litem Mike Tikkanen

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6.4 million American youth are diagnosed with ADHD.  This article from ACEs Too High by Rebecca Ruiz makes clear the overdiagnosis of ADHD and underreporting of childhood trauma.  This goes a long way in explaining the overdosing of youth in foster care with psychotropic medications and giant fines paid by big pharma for illegally selling these drugs to pediatricians for use on very young children.

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