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Why French kids don't have ADHD
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 595889" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Could be. Then again, how many of <em>us</em> who have bipolar in our families are happy with the mental health care available to us and our kids? Unless they've developed a magic bullet, we know it's nearly impossible to successfully treat a person with Borderline (BPD) consistently throughout their lifetime. Then again, their standard of care is so different there that they may have set the bar significantly higher and are less easily satisfied than we are with health and mental health care. Without standardized double blind studies it's all subjective to personal experience.</p><p></p><p>I know my dual citizen French friends have to fly to France and stay if they need any surgeries or long-term health care help because they can't afford it here. Can you imagine flying from Seattle to Paris then driving to your village in the Alps to have your Hernia or Gall Bladder removed? The only cost to that is the airline ticket if you can stay with family. I'd do it to avoid a $40k hospital bill. After all, they pay taxes in <em>both </em>countries.</p><p></p><p>The article is about medicating, so I think that health care is topical for that. Only doctors can prescribe. Still, I find the article to be little more than an observation by someone who is cherry picking facts. I think it's safe to say that French kids <em>do indeed</em> have ADHD, and that the French people diagnose and treat it differently. Apples and croquet balls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 595889, member: 99"] Could be. Then again, how many of [I]us[/I] who have bipolar in our families are happy with the mental health care available to us and our kids? Unless they've developed a magic bullet, we know it's nearly impossible to successfully treat a person with Borderline (BPD) consistently throughout their lifetime. Then again, their standard of care is so different there that they may have set the bar significantly higher and are less easily satisfied than we are with health and mental health care. Without standardized double blind studies it's all subjective to personal experience. I know my dual citizen French friends have to fly to France and stay if they need any surgeries or long-term health care help because they can't afford it here. Can you imagine flying from Seattle to Paris then driving to your village in the Alps to have your Hernia or Gall Bladder removed? The only cost to that is the airline ticket if you can stay with family. I'd do it to avoid a $40k hospital bill. After all, they pay taxes in [I]both [/I]countries. The article is about medicating, so I think that health care is topical for that. Only doctors can prescribe. Still, I find the article to be little more than an observation by someone who is cherry picking facts. I think it's safe to say that French kids [I]do indeed[/I] have ADHD, and that the French people diagnose and treat it differently. Apples and croquet balls. [/QUOTE]
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