Jewish kids, a ritalin nation?

Z'ev commenting to mentalblog.com: Shlomo was given Paxil and Adderall:

The alarming trend in our yeshivot and day schools to prescribe powerful medications such as paxil or ritalin should not go unnoticed. A friend of mine is a psychologist who works with three yeshivot in Brooklyn, and says that up to 40% of the students in one yeshiva are on medication for ADHD! Like the secular school system, nurses and administration are sending home students with orders not to return unless they are put on medication. While there is not enough space here to discuss in detail (I am a health professional in Chinese medicine for 25 years), I'd just like to point out that such factors as diet, lack of exercise (especially in yeshivot), over-study, problems with peers at school, issues in the home all contribute to ADHD, so it should not be viewed as purely a chemical or pharmacological problem. There is no excuse for this trend.