ADHD is most often determined to be a description of behaviors in the school system, which is then alleged to be "cured" or improved by "better" teaching strategies and methods. As a school social worker, I have not found this to be true.

Most often such ADHD Dx children are prescribed medications. However, from this article, because schizophrenia and ADHD a) is genetic, b) is not a choice of "behavior" in which simple "behavior modification" can be used to "change" the child's behavior, and c) in school systems, the underlying pathology on a molecular/genetic level...is not addressed. The result is that many ADHD children are not properly diagnosed, or given a functional diagnosis,  which as the article states, could lessen, prevent, or at least ameliorate such symptoms of ADHD that could evolve into schizophrenia.

The tragedy is that...neither, teachers, school social workers, guidance counselors or those involved in special education curriculum have the knowledge to address through heuristics, these novel concerns. Most teacher colleges and training for social workers, guidance counselors, etc. seem to lag behind medicine and research by about 30 years. In the future...it would be more helpful if a more modern, and truly researched-based teacher-training curriculum would be put into place.

Diana Wilson PhD