Dr Marilyn Wedge writes: “In the United States, at least 9 percent of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In France, the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than 0.5 percent. How has the epidemic of ADHD—firmly established in the U.S.—almost completely passed over children in France?” You probably already know the answer to this question, but here’s a link to Dr Wedge’s post on this subject just in case.


I think the “and” conditional (“diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications”) might be a problem. Also, as the article suggests, the two nations use different diagnostic criteria.