Is ADHD A Disease Of Civilization?

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Is ADHD A Disease of Civilization?
“Is ADHD A Disease of Civilization” Was an interesting question which was posted on the Today Psychology daily paper. How there are high number of kids who are diagnosed with ADHD here in the USA and western countries where the world considered as civilized and well developed in every aspects of life than any other part of the world.
The word ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A couple of years ago there wasn’t any ADHD vocabulary word in our daily life, but now a days ADHD is very well known word across the state. Some might argue that all kids’ regardless or economic level and geographical location can be diagnosed with ADHD. However, very interestingly, there is very strong correlation

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