https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2492547.Medication_Madne...
I agree it seems more prevalent in your generation. We are quicker to diagnose with pills, perhaps due to their availability and our lack of understanding about long term effects.
I think tech really does have a bigger impact than we'd like to think, and certainly prescribing kids things like Ritalin at young ages when they're naturally a bit hyper definitely doesn't help either.
Yes, in some ways Asia has the opposite problem, not prescribing strong enough meds for emergency situations.
> certainly prescribing kids things like Ritalin at young ages when they're naturally a bit hyper definitely doesn't help either.
Yeah, I don't get this. Kids can't sit in class all day, with two parents working and too tired at home to bring them out after hours. People need exercise for their brains to work.