Causes for ADHD Discussed

Causes of rise in AD/HD diagnoses discussed.
Time (9/23, Cloud) reports, "A new study finds that the rise in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is not a uniquely American phenomenon." For example, "2.2% of kids were treated for hyperkinetic disorder (roughly speaking, the European equivalent of ADHD) in 2007; that's an increase of 53% for boys and 69% for girls since 2000." The "rise in ADHD diagnoses among kids indicates one of two things: either children are more fidgety and less able to focus these days, or parents and doctors have become less patient with the squirms and jiggles of childhood."