ADD -- an American Malady?

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

*****   ...The key that opened the doors of prescription for most of 
these children is spelled A-D-D. That stands for Attention Deficit 
Disorder, a peculiarly American malady that is diagnosed roughly 10 
times as often stateside as in Europe or Japan....

<http://www.salon.com/july97/mothers/ritalin970716.html>   *****

Yoshie