Pedro Rey
Parents are increasingly worried about their children being been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD). In fact, in the United States, the proportion of children between two and five years who were diagnosed with this syndrome increased by more than 50% from 2007 to 2012. It is estimated that in 2016 the worldwide prevalence of ADHD diagnosis in children under 18 years old was 5% and in the United States, for example, 5.2% of children of these ages take medication. Spain is one of the main consuming countries of methylphenidate, one of the medicines used to treat ADHD, whose consumption has multiplied by more than 30 in the last 15 years.
