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  • an article from the New York Times on “The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder”

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    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/health/the-selling-of-attention-deficit-disorder.html https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung = ADHS (in German) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder … … Behind that growth has been drug company marketing that has stretched the image of classic A.D.H.D. to include relatively normal behavior like carelessness and impatience, and has often overstated the pills’ benefits. … … A medical education video sponsored by Shire portrays a physician making a diagnosis of…