The children drugged for being naughty | the Daily Mail
The children drugged for being naughty | the Daily Mail
Quote: Countless children labelled hyperactive are being subdued with drugs like Ritalin. But many experts think they’re just naturally boisterous – and those needless pills are causing terrifying side-effects.
This is just irresponsible journalism.
Attention-grabbing, inaccurate headline – technically hard to argue against, but extremely pejorative… I won’t bother going into it from there, but see this if you’re not convinced yet:
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• Does ADHD really exist?
Come on!
Is is overdiagnosed? Possibly. That’s hard to tell.
People are already afraid about the “drugs” (you’ll notice that’s the word we use for illegal substances – they could have chosen to use “medicine”, which has a positive connotation).
This crappy lack-of-journalism scare-tactic bullshit doesn’t help.
Well… I take that back. It does help sell papers.