Very conservative of you to post this. The lefties will be mad at you now.Psychiatry—Stop Labeling Kids with Bogus 'Mental Disorders'
In the schools I worked with all diagnosing was done by psychologists.Not all diagnosis's are wrong. What needs to stop, is useless brain dead teachers doing the diagnosing.
In the schools I worked with all diagnosing was done by psychologists.
Not all diagnosis's are wrong. What needs to stop, is useless brain dead teachers doing the diagnosing.
I'm neither left nor right so I tend to piss off both sides.Very conservative of you to post this. The lefties will be mad at you now.
I'm neither left nor right so I tend to piss off both sides.
Quite often, thsoe "troubled" kids are the smartest and get frigidity when bored by the monotonous drone of teachers teaching to the lowest common denominator. Schools, by using a "one size fits all" curriculum, doesn't do justice to individual students. Each child has a different aptitude for learning, some fast, some slow, but most end up at the same place if allowed to progress at their own rate and excel in subjects that they are interested in.
There was a school in BC called Educo, which is the root Greek word of education. It means to bring forth the natural genius of the child. Our school systems tend to treat the child as an empty vessel that needs filling. This is, in my opinion, the root cause of all the dysfunction in the school systems. Children are not born brain dead... but some learn to be in a system that does not reflect the reality of who and what we are.
My sister noticed my nephew was easily distracted and getting in trouble. She made an appointment with her GP who referred him to a place that specializes in learning disabilities where they did some testing and observations. They sent a report to her GP recommending he try concerta for 3 months and come back to redo the testing. After seeing a vast improvement in his testing he was then given the diagnosis of ADHD.
No shrink involved.
Somebody has a YouTube disorder.
I'm assuming it was the Learning Disablities Assoc of Alberta? My nephew did the Learning Disabilites Assoc of SK. He goes for cognitive sessions with the goal of having him manage the condition without medication. He is a top student now and doesn't get in trouble at school or at home.
They do good work at LDAofSK
I believe that diagnosing humans before they reach maturaty, is risky. Giving a mind altering drug to a child should be the last resort to only the extreme cases
What is your beef besides the fact that I posted it? Most kids are diagnosed while in school. How many parents take their kids for assessment before school? With some kids it may be apparent from shortly after birth but the vast majority of kids being diagnosed with many of these so called disorders are done so in schools because teachers are not trained nor do they have the time to deal with "problem" kids. Most of the disorders mentioned in the OP are made up to sell drugs and placate teachers. I say, put the teachers on Ritalin and leave the kids alone.and the majority of this rant has sweet fu ck all to do with the OP that YOU posted. The OP and video does not say nor does it refer to the school system. I brought up teachers misdiagnosing children. Your OP talks or implies that it is the medical profession, specifically psychiatry, that is doing the misdiagnosing. The majority of ADHD diagnosis's in school age children are NOT done by psychiatrist.