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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition in children and teens that extends into adulthood in up to around two thirds of cases. Worldwide, its prevalence is estimated to be around 5 per cent in children/teenagers and 2.5 per cent in adults.
in suing those schools saying no, you can t do that. why and what is your response? yeah, they want to keep parents in the dark when it comes to if a child decides they will change their name and gender. so our board of education rightfully stepped up and said no, we ll go against the governor and give parents the right to know what s going on. the governor and attorney general decided to sue its own taxpayers and citizens to force them to not know what s going on in their child s education, which is ridiculous. state of new jersey filing a lawsuit against the school districts doing that. part of their rationale if you will saying quote, outing these students against their will poses serious mental health risks, threatens physical harm to students including risking increased suicides, decreases
care plan as well, jim. we should acknowledge, ask folks i m sure watching are aware that there s great debate around this issue, particularly when it comes to age. you have competing points of view here because you have some folks who say if minors don t undergo this treatment now, then it will be too late after puberty. you have others who say, minors are too young to make decisions now, particularly decisions that are irreversible, right? so how do doctors approach this? how do medical associations approach that question? right, what we re hearing from doctors and again, most medical associations, they say that they support gender affirming care because if a patient doesn t get that care they need, it can come with mental health risks. so one example of that, a study that was published last year in the journal of gm network open, this is a study looking at 104 patients who received gender affirming care. the researchers found that those