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Eileen,
This is an intriguing study- I agree- and you raise really good questions. I also question this part: <The researchers, however, believe that "ADHD is an extreme on a normal continuum of behavior that varies in the population, much like height, weight or IQ. It's diagnosis, and thus prevalence, is defined by where health professionals ‘draw the line' on this continuum...">
My understanding is that we can now see via scans that ADHD brains are different from non-ADHD brains. So I'm not sure how they can conclude that ADHD is on a normal continuum of behavior.
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