One in Nine US Children Diagnosed with ADHD
Just over seven million US children, or one in nine, have now received a diagnosis of ADHD, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
The study also shows that approximately one million more children aged 3-17 received an ADHD diagnosis in 2022 than in 2016.
Among children currently living with ADHD, 58.1% were classed as having moderate or severe symptoms.
77.9% have a co-occurring disorder, 53.6% received medication and 44.4% received behavioral treatment in the last year. Around 30% received no specific treatment.
The results of the new study were taken from analysis of the 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health. They show that the estimated prevalence of the ADHD, according to parental reporting, is significant higher in the US than in other countries.
The study authors believe that increased awareness of the condition is largely responsible for the increase in diagnoses.
“Public awareness of ADHD has changed over time. ADHD was historically described as an externalizing disorder with a focus on easily observable hyperactive-impulsive symptoms, and was thought to primarily affect boys,” the authors say.
“With increased awareness of symptoms related to attention regulation, ADHD has been increasingly recognized in girls, adolescents, and adults. Moreover, ADHD has previously been diagnosed at lower rates among children in some racial and ethnic minority groups. With increased awareness, such gaps in diagnoses have been narrowing or closing.”
The authors also believe that the pandemic brought greater awareness of the condition, as parents were forced to look after their children and manage their learning at home.
“Circumstances related to the pandemic may also have increased the likelihood that a child’s ADHD symptoms could cause impairment. For example, in families where children needed to engage in virtual classroom learning while parents were also working from home, previously manageable ADHD symptoms may have become more impairing or symptoms that were previously unobserved by parents may have become recognizable.”
The study also revealed that Asian and Hispanic children have a lower prevalence of ADHD than white children; that children with less well-educated and poorer parents had a higher prevalence; and that children in the Northeast, Midwest and South were more likely to be diagnosed, as were children living in rural or suburban as opposed to urban areas.
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At Least 90% of Welfare Recipients in Maine City Are Migrants
A city in Maine is considering issuing a new ordinance to allow private dwellings, churches and community centers to be turned into emergency homeless shelters, as the city is flooded with migrants.
The new ordinance would not force private owners in Westbrook to give over space to house the homeless, but it would allow homes or churches to become homeless shelters if the owners wished.
“What we can afford in this ordinance are shelters in single family homes which are deemed to be emergency shelter families,” said Jennie Franceschi, Westbrook Director of Planning and Code Enforcement .
“A church that has a room that they utilize for the purposes of baked bean suppers or educational or social needs could then take that room and make it into a shelter if the needs of the community necessitated it.”
At a City Council meeting on April 9, the official running Westbrook’s welfare program revealed that 90% to 95% of all welfare recipients in the city are now migrants, or “New Mainers” as he put it.
Cumberland County, of which Westbrook is a part, has seen massive increases in migrant arrivals in recent months.
Westbrook residents have expressed their worry that new measures to accommodate these migrants could impose a significant tax burden on private owners in the city.
“I do not believe the entire homeless shelter proposal is beneficial to the property taxpayers and residents of the city of Westbrook,” said resident Martin Malia, in an email that was read at a public meeting of the Planning Board.
“Last year, the property taxpayers were burdened with an 8.8 [%] tax increase,” he added, claiming that the new measures proposed would increase property taxes by a further 11.4%.
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Putin Says Zelensky Is ‘No Longer Ukraine’s Legitimate President’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy no longer has legitimacy following the expiry of his five-year term. Putin also said that this would raise a legal obstacle if Russia and […]
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$275 Million More for Ukraine: New Biden Arms Deal Announced
The Biden administration has approved a further $275 million of military assistance for Ukraine. According to the DoD, this is the 58th batch of weapons and equipment supplied to the Ukrainians since August 2021, and the fifth since Congress passed a $95 billion package of foreign-security aid in April.
This new batch will comprise ammunition for US HIMARS rocket systems, artillery shells, mortar rounds, anti-tank missile launchers, aerial munities, mines and a wide variety of other equipment.
“Assistance from previous packages has already made it to the front lines, and we will move this new assistance as quickly as possible so the Ukrainian military can use it to defend their territory and protect the Ukrainian people,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a press statement on Friday.
“As President Biden has made clear, the United States and the international coalition we have assembled will continue to stand with Ukraine in its defense of its freedom.”
Earlier in the month, a $400 million package was announced that included Patriot and SAM missile launchers, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, armoured personnel carriers and anti-tank launchers.
A further $2 billion was committed on May 15 to support Ukraine’s domestic arms-production capabilities.
Fighting has intensified in the northeast Kharkiv region in recent weeks, with Russian forces making significant gains. The US has come under pressure, including from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, to allow US-made weapons to be used against targets inside Russia.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested he would be willing to agree a ceasefire on the current frontlines, with Russia retaining the four regions of Ukraine it currently controls.
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“Peace Through Strength”: Trump Touts His Credentials as Force for World Peace at Bronx Rally
At a rally in the Bronx on Friday, Donald Trump let rip on America’s warmongering leadership and its “horrible wars” around the world.
“Remember Hillary Clinton used to point at me: ‘He will create wars’?” Trump asked the crowd.
“They said, ‘His personality will create wars.’ No. I said, ‘My personality will keep us out of wars.’ And I was right. First president in 78 years that didn’t start a war. We had no wars. None of these stupid wars.
“Such a shame when you see all of these people who died in these horrible wars in the Middle East and everywhere else.”
TRUMP: “I’m the only President in 78 years that didn’t start a war….It’s called peace through strength!” pic.twitter.com/19yE0atYGj
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 23, 2024
Trump lamented the stupidity of America’s interventions in the Middle East, claiming they had brought no benefits to the American people.
“We’ve spent $9 trillion in the Middle East. We’ve bombed the hell out of the place. Then we leave. You know, in the old days, ‘To the victor belong the spoils,’ But we don’t do that. We bomb the hell out of everyone, then we come back home. It’s so sick. It’s so sick and so stupid.”
And the former president didn’t mince his words as he laid the blame squarely on America’s leadership.
“These people who lead us are so stupid. You want to use that as a last resort. You can solve problems with a meeting or a telephone call. You don’t have to drop billions of dollars’ worth of bombs on people’s heads. You don’t have to. It’s called peace through strength.”
Trump also told the crowd that “Joe Biden puts illegal aliens first. I put America first!”
“We are going to make New York City great again,” Trump proclaimed.
While Trump was speaking, New York Governor Kathy Hochul went on CNN and blasted residents who were attending the rally as “clowns.”
“New York will never, ever support Donald Trump for president. We know him better than anyone, and that means we understand what he’s all about. He’s just for himself.”
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The International Court of Justice Orders Israel To End Rafah Offensive
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to end its ongoing military operation in the Palestinian city of Rafah The UN’s top court said it is “not convinced” that the Israeli military’s evacuation […]
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