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echo: adhd
to: KALERA ASHLEY
from: JANE KELLEY
date: 1998-03-20 08:29:00
subject: Re: Ritalin

 KA> JK> ADHD does not have changes in the P.E.T. scans, according to the 
stuff
 KA> I
 KA> JK> downloaded and therefore, isn't genetic.
 KA> PET scans do not determine whether something is genetic. They
 KA> determine  whether a condition causes a change in the brain which
 KA> is visible using PET scans.
 KA> For instance, the variety of dwarfism that runs in my family is
 KA> genetic. It is not diagnosable via PET scan.
No, it is a defect in the endocrine system which may not show up today as 
there hasn't been enough research in this area as yet.  We have known the 
cause for some time, so why go looking for new evidence?
 KA> I think you are insane. I'm sorry.
And I think that anyone who stuffs a child full of a drug such as Ritalin 
without trying everything else first ought to be horse whipped in public.
Then stuffed full of that same drug themselves and see how they like the 
result firsthand.
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