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• Title: Pediatric Condition Falsification in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
• Author : North American Journal of Psychology
• Release Date : January 01, 2005
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 189 KB

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of occurrence of pediatric condition falsification (PCF) in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Questionnaires were sent to family practice and pediatric primary care physicians across the state of Colorado (N = 500). Response rate was approximately 10% (N = 53). By self-report, 30% (n = 15) of these physicians reported they had encountered parents who falsified symptoms of ADHD in their children. A second major finding was that for this sample, over one-fourth (26.4%) of responding physicians had prescribed medication for a patient presenting with symptoms of ADHD based solely on the basis of a teacher's recommendation. While the diagnosis of attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is common in school age children (Barbaresi, Katusic, Colligan, Weaver, Pankratz, Mrazek, & Jacobsen, 2004; Goldman, Genel, Bezman, & Stanetz, 1998), it is surprisingly easy to falsify (Jachimowicz & Geiselman, 2004). Consequently, it is possible that at least some of the diagnoses of ADHD are based upon Pediatric Condition Falsification (PCF). PCF has been defined as a form of child abuse in which an adult falsifies symptoms, physical or psychological, in a child (Ayoub, Schreier, & Keller, 2002).

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