Here’s an article on a study that replicated an ADHD study conducted in Norway, with children from the Limpopo province in the Republic of South Africa. Moment-to-moment dynamics of ADHD behaviour in South African children. Overall, the results replicated the findings from Norway.
CONCLUSIONS: The present study makes a strong case for ADHD as a basic, neurobehavioural disorder, not a cultural phenomenon, by replicating findings from a wealthy Western country in a poor province of a developing country. The results were, generally, in line with predictions from the dynamic developmental theory of ADHD by indicating that reinforcers were less efficient in the ADHD group than in the non-ADHD group. Finally, the results substantiated ADHD-related variability as an etiologically important characteristic of ADHD behaviour.
Some more ammunition to use when someone claims that ADHD is just “a made up American disease”
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I am looking for books on ADD in Adults (particularly one by Margaret Weiss – ADHD in Adulthood: A Guide to current Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Does anyone know where i can get it (or others) without having to wait for them to ship from overseas
Hi ADHD remains a challenge particularly amongst South African in rural schools and it is so difficult to manage and rehabilitate the child. have you planned some workshops that will train Occupational Therapist and remedial teachers as to how to deal with this children. Are there perhaps some research conducted on ADHD amongst African and also to establish the causes. Thank you. Alpheus