This is an article by Alan Schwarz published in the New York Times 4/12/2014. It states that there are more than six million children in the US with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. There is concern over this being too often diiagnosed and too much medication.
But now there is a new disorder called sluggish congitive tempo. This consists of students show lethargy, daydreaming and slow mental processing. Researchers feel this in present in around two million children. This disorder has been identified back in 1980 but it was not recognized the the Diagnositc and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
They feel some students are not hyperactive but merely inattentive. This diagnosis would be for the childre who are the daydreamy ones, the ones who don't turn inthe homework, forget to put their name on their papers.
The drug companines are involved trying to find a medication to fix this problem.
But think about it. Isn't day dreaming part about what being a kid is all about. Don't children learn responsibility when they forget to turn in their homework. I think many children are just being children and don't need medication or a diagnosis. They just need to be kids.
