Schoolchildren are 存在 wrongly 診断するd with ADHD 'just because they’re the youngest in their class', UCL 熟考する／考慮する （人命などを）奪う，主張するs

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Pupils are 存在 labelled as hyperactive and given 医薬 when they are 簡単に younger than others in their year, a 熟考する／考慮する 警告するs.

研究員s 診察するd the 関係 between a child’s age 親族 to classmates and their chances of 存在 診断するd with Attention 赤字 Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

After reviewing 17 熟考する／考慮するs, covering more than 14million children, 研究員s 設立する it was more ありふれた for the youngest in a classroom to be 診断するd with ADHD.

Symptoms of the 条件 含む 存在 破壊的な, fidgety, interrupting others and showing 調印するs of emotional upset. But these are often just the result of the pupils 存在 の中で the youngest in their year, the 研究員s （人命などを）奪う，主張する.

They say that as a result children are 存在 given ‘潜在的に harmful’ 医薬 they do not need.

Instead of 扱う／治療するing the children with 麻薬s, they should be given extra time to 円熟した.

Co-author Dr Joanna Moncrieff, of University College London, which carried out the 熟考する／考慮する with other 会・原則s, told the 定期刊行物 of Child Psychology and Psychiatry: ‘The diagnosis of ADHD is いつかs 適用するd to behaviour that is 破壊的な in the classroom because the child is young for their year. Children who are developing within the normal 範囲 may 結局最後にはーなる labelled a nd medicated because of the 圧力s and inflexibility of our school system.’

Lead author Dr ツバメ Whitely, 研究 fellow at Curtin University, Western Australia, said there are no 生物学の markers or physical 実験（する）s for ADHD and the diagnosis is based in large part on teacher 報告（する）／憶測s of a child’s behaviour. He 追加するd: ‘It appears that across the globe some teachers are mistaking the immaturity of the youngest children in their class for ADHD. Although teachers don’t 診断する it, they are often the first to 示唆する a child may have ADHD.

‘Our 研究 shows that the ADHD late-birthday 影響 occurs in both high 定める／命ずるing countries, like the US, Canada and アイスランド, and in countries where ADHD is far いっそう少なく ありふれた, like Finland and Sweden.’

Professor Jon Jureidini, a child psychiatrist at the University of Adelaide, said the findings showed the importance of teachers, doctors and parents giving the youngest children extra time to 円熟した.

He said: ‘Mistaking perfectly normal age-関係のある immaturity for ADHD is just one of many problems with the label. Children who are sleep-奪うd, いじめ（る）d, have 苦しむd 乱用 or have a host of other problems, often get labelled ADHD.

‘Not only does this result in them getting 潜在的に harmful 麻薬s they don’t need, but their real problems don’t get identified and 演説（する）／住所d.’?