Today, more children in Denmark are on medication for the treatment of ADHD than ever before. The number of children being treated jumped 40 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the Association of Danish Pharmacies.

Experts are astounded by the rapid increase and questioning why a more holistic approach involving psychological treatment for children with ADHD isnt being promoted," The Copenhagen Post has reported.

A senior physician from the Zealand Health Region speculates that prescriptions have increased not because other treatments are unavailable, The Post reported, but simply because parents have become accustomed to using medication.

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