Prescriptions for stimulants on rise in Ontario, particularly for teen boys: report

You know - they used to treat all sorts of mental issues by electrocuting people. They had good research for that too.

If you know so much about this, how about an answer devoid of obscure abbreviations and vague unqualified assertions - a bit of courtesy and some specifics a relatively uneducated member of the public can understand. For 30 yrs I’ve intimately watched friends and family in the US deal with ADHD diagnoses in their kids from so called professionals and nothing you’ve said rings true at all. The numbers down there are so staggering and the response from the psychiatric community so limp and ineffective, it is truly astonishing. So much so I can’t think of a less competent group of so called professionals.

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