On: Thousands of Toddlers Are Medicated for A.D.H.D., Report Finds

[ctdonath]

tend to move non-stop to the point where they injure themselves, and they also don't seem to listen to their parents.

Sounds like a quintessential 3 year old.

[chimeracoder → ctdonath]

The symptoms of depression, when described glibly, "sound" like a quintessential teenager.

That doesn't mean it's not possible (or useful) to distinguish between a "normal" teenager and one who is depressed and needs treatment.

[mkohlmyr → chimeracoder]

Of course the point he was making is that the distinction made by that description is weak.