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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 522767" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>That's interesting to find out more about how the other half live... In France, ADHD also isn't a catch-all. Basically, there is still much more of a tendency here to give <em>psychological</em> explanations for a child's behaviour, related to his or her family background and life circumstances. These things obviously play a part, and no-one really knows how much of a part they play, but in the world generally, and in France slowly, it is increasingly accepted that many conditions are neuro-biological and therefore amenable to medication. But there's definitely a stigma attached to ADHD here, and I think that is what you are saying is one of the good things about the situation now in the US, MWM, that this stigma has disappeared... France is a highly conformist, highly coded society in which any differences are judged harshly by most people. There is an extremely strong pressure to fit in to the social norms and codes and that is why ADHD youngsters here have such a hard time in school, for example. You should see the little book in which my son practices "calligraphy", copying out individual letters and little phrases that the teacher writes out - any slight deviation from the "perfect standard" is circled by her in red ink and he then feels he hasn't done it "right"... whereas in fact his writing is really fantastic, given that he probably has some fine motor skills difficulties and has to struggle to concentrate on this kind of thing, etc. Remember that the teacher basically dismisses ADHD, says J doesn't have it and slightly ridicules me for imagining that he does <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Yes, different cultures have different ways of handling things. I'm just saying it wouldn't necessarily be a better option in my view to have J medicated on a stimulant because everyone has rushed to diagnose him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 522767, member: 11227"] That's interesting to find out more about how the other half live... In France, ADHD also isn't a catch-all. Basically, there is still much more of a tendency here to give [I]psychological[/I] explanations for a child's behaviour, related to his or her family background and life circumstances. These things obviously play a part, and no-one really knows how much of a part they play, but in the world generally, and in France slowly, it is increasingly accepted that many conditions are neuro-biological and therefore amenable to medication. But there's definitely a stigma attached to ADHD here, and I think that is what you are saying is one of the good things about the situation now in the US, MWM, that this stigma has disappeared... France is a highly conformist, highly coded society in which any differences are judged harshly by most people. There is an extremely strong pressure to fit in to the social norms and codes and that is why ADHD youngsters here have such a hard time in school, for example. You should see the little book in which my son practices "calligraphy", copying out individual letters and little phrases that the teacher writes out - any slight deviation from the "perfect standard" is circled by her in red ink and he then feels he hasn't done it "right"... whereas in fact his writing is really fantastic, given that he probably has some fine motor skills difficulties and has to struggle to concentrate on this kind of thing, etc. Remember that the teacher basically dismisses ADHD, says J doesn't have it and slightly ridicules me for imagining that he does :) Yes, different cultures have different ways of handling things. I'm just saying it wouldn't necessarily be a better option in my view to have J medicated on a stimulant because everyone has rushed to diagnose him. [/QUOTE]
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