I ran across this discussion regarding ADHD on Yahoo Answers and was encouraged. To tell you the truth, I have had a lot of children brought to me who were diagnosed with "ADHD", but I have never seen them manifest the symptoms required to meet the diagnostic criteria. I'm truly starting to question whether the disease even exists.
I've also seen videos of what appear to me to be children exhibiting normal childlike behavior and watched as a clinician explains how their behavior meets the criteria for ADHD and/or other psychiatric illnesses. I constantly have children brought to me with a string of diagnoses which I do not see. I do see the children behaving in ways which are not desirable or even acceptable, but it is in response to the parent(s) or the family dynamic.
We, as a culture, seem to have a strong need to label our children as mentally ill and medicate them. This is a disturbing trend. I'm sure many will disagree with me but I have to say what I see, or don't see.