!!!SLUGGISH COGNITIVE TEMPO DISORDER!!!
Idea of New Attention Disorder Spurs Research, and Debate
With
more than six million American children having received a diagnosis of
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, concern has been rising that
the condition is being significantly misdiagnosed and overtreated with
prescription medications.
Yet
now some powerful figures in mental health are claiming to have
identified a new disorder that could vastly expand the ranks of young
people treated for attention problems. Called sluggish cognitive tempo,
the condition is said to be characterized by lethargy, daydreaming and
slow mental processing. By some researchers’ estimates, it is present in
perhaps two million children.
Experts
pushing for more research into sluggish cognitive tempo say it is
gaining momentum toward recognition as a legitimate disorder — and, as
such, a candidate for pharmacological treatment. Some of the condition’s
researchers have helped Eli Lilly investigate how its flagship A.D.H.D.
drug might treat it. READ HERE
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