ADHD common among adopted kids: study
Published: 6 Aug 09 09:26 CET | Print version
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is much more common among children adopted from abroad than among those born in Sweden. Those at highest risk for the disorder have been adopted from Eastern Europe, according to a new study.
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The use of medication is much more common in the treatment of boys than girls, but even among girls, ADHD occurs more often in those adopted from abroad than those born in Sweden, reported Upsala Nya Tidning newspaper.
More than one out of every 20 boy adopted from abroad between the ages of 10 and 15 was at some point in 2006 medicated for the treatment of ADHD. Among boys of the same age born in Sweden, the occurrence was one in 70. More than one in eight boys from Eastern Europe were treated with medication for ADHD.
“The foremost explanation for this is that these children received neurological damage because their biological mothers abused drugs and alcohol during pregnancy. Substance abuse by the mother is often cited as the reason that the children were put up for adoption,” researcher and child psychologist Frank Lindblad told the newspaper.
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Eastern Europe is composed of so many different countries and therefore have different reasons about both the number of children with ADHD as well as the reason for a child being "put up for adoption".
The above statement from the child psychologist might be true for many old Sovietunion countries, but not for all of Eastern Europe.
For example: Bulgaria is a great example that does NOT fall into the above arguments. Many of these children are available for adoption due to that the biological parents are poor OR the biological mother is unmarried and became pregnant due to lack of funding for birth control.
ADHD occurs in many institutional children (ex. from an orphanage) due to neurological damage from lack of one-on-one care from a single or a few care givers, i.e. not always substance abuse!
There has also been research to show that ADHD children are more likely to be be premature - there has also been some debate about the effects of maternal preeclampsia
I also think that oxygen deprivation during delivery and birth can have an effect - many ADHD children have required special care after birth
I dont think schools would knowingly target eastern european children.
But its very easy to spot or target immigrant children as needing extra help, and in turn help generate more cash for the schools.
1 thing I do wonder is if astma is more prevalent to children from foriegn countries when them come to sweden? as certain asthmatic drugs can cause symptoms similar to ADHD
The medical review prior to a diagnosis of ADHD by a peaditrician at Habiliteringen/BUP would rule out symptoms caused for example by the use of Bricanyl
As for ADHD. It is a diagnosis that allows lazy parents who can not be bothered to be good parents to drug there unparented, so out of control child. This allows the parents to have a braindead, unquestioning drone so they can go out and party and present there child as well behaved.
The drugs used for ADHD should be banned. The parents should either be parents or have there children removed if they can not rear them properly.
It is not the childrens fault. It is bad parenting being encouraged by psychologists, psychologists and pharmaceutical sales representatives.
- going through the long srutiny and approval process - where all aspects of their eprsonalities and parenting skills are scrutinised
- spending approx 200,000+ kronor to organise the adoption
- attended the compulsory parenting classes for adoptive parents
-tend to take longer parental leave
Why would this particular group of dedicated parents suddenly become lazy parents. All the evidence point to the exact opposite - yet it is children adopted from abroad by Swedes who are more likely to have ADHD
Personally I know that ADHD definitely does exist - have seen hyperactive special care babies that were later diagnised - however I think that there is a tendency to over diagnose in some areas.
I definitely believe that the genuine cases has to do with brain chemistry and little to do with the "lazy parenting" rehetoric - I see no logical reason that giving amphetamines (speed) would be calming to a hyperactive child if it was just a parenting issue
there is a fix i have just found out and am trying it now
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funny question is why imports are more intolerant to Swedish food
OR
do adoptive parents feed adoted kids more junk food??
Your post is very untrue as well as hurtful for many affected people.
Before you make anymore postings, I wish you would get more education about ADHD, adoption and parenting.
People with their own agendas frequently have problems understanding facts!
It is so easy to blame the parents, but anyone with a CLUE would see the medical studies that show ADHD is an imbalance in the neural transmitters! FACT! The stimulants help rebalance them! FACT!
Surprising thing happens when an ADHD person takes speed. They calm down! VERY VISIBLY calm down! FACT! Much better impulse control and so much more - it IS a miracle drug for those affected! FACT!
Give speed to normal people and they get HYPER - NOT CALMER! Give a non-ADHD hyperactive kid speed and they will become EVEN MORE HYPER - NOT CALMER! So that blows the "nice kids because they are DRUGGED out of their minds" theory!
In Sweden, after testing, the PSYCHIATRIST is the only Doctor allowed to prescribe it. Dosage is so small, good luck trying to get high from it! Personally, I just don't get tired for 12 hours ;-)