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Our paper says Bi-Polar diagnosis is increasing in kids
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 72925" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>While there is a range of opinions as to the causes of ADHD, there is a strong consensus among doctors and experts that an excessive amount of electronic media can exacerbate the ADHD behaviors in children. A research conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health concluded: Extensive exposure to television and video games may promote development of brain systems that scan and shift attention at the expense of those that focus attention (Jensen, et al., 1997). Dr. Thomas Armstrong points out how the techniques used in electronic media can effect children: By creating high-impact audio and visual information in short blasts, television (and also video games) may be secretly undermining some natural attentional mechanisms in the human mind (Armstrong, 76).</p><p></p><p>In his book Running on Ritalin, Dr. Lawrence Diller discusses many environmental and cultural influences related to ADHD, but focuses in on TV:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 72925, member: 3419"] While there is a range of opinions as to the causes of ADHD, there is a strong consensus among doctors and experts that an excessive amount of electronic media can exacerbate the ADHD behaviors in children. A research conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health concluded: Extensive exposure to television and video games may promote development of brain systems that scan and shift attention at the expense of those that focus attention (Jensen, et al., 1997). Dr. Thomas Armstrong points out how the techniques used in electronic media can effect children: By creating high-impact audio and visual information in short blasts, television (and also video games) may be secretly undermining some natural attentional mechanisms in the human mind (Armstrong, 76). In his book Running on Ritalin, Dr. Lawrence Diller discusses many environmental and cultural influences related to ADHD, but focuses in on TV: [/QUOTE]
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