M's adhd test for at-risk children is backfired
The moderates in Stockholm want children in vulnerable areas to be quickly tested for ADHD, reports Expressen.
- The earlier measures can be put in place, the better the conditions, says financial regional council Irene Svenonius to the evening newspaper.
M in Stockholm motivated the idea but research.
Partly a correlation between ADHD and criminal behavior: a larger proportion of those serving prison sentences live with ADHD compared to the national average
And partly a diagnosis frequency variation between more and less prosperous residential areas.
One of the critics who disapproved of M's proposal was the chairman of the municipal board, Ebba Östlin (S), in Botkyrka, where three of Stockholm County's six "especially vulnerable areas" are located.
She calls the proposal "out of step with reality".
Skepticism was the reaction of senior physician Lena Nylander at Lund University.
- The most important thing you can do for children with ADHD is to make sure that the school works, she tells Expressen.
Criteria for classifying an area as "particularly vulnerable"
• Low socioeconomic status
• High concentration of criminals
• Open drug sales
• Violence in places where third parties can be injured/killed
• Parallel social structure
• Culture of silence and threats to witnesses
• Freedom-limiting extremism
Source:
The police