AFSD

A recent discovery in France shows that children of French speaking parents are significantly more likely to speak French between the ages of 15 and 21 than children of German, Dutch or Spanish speaking parents. The research was conducted by the Sorbonne's Pierre LaChérineque, winner of the pharmaceutical industry's prestigious PND Award (Profitable New Disorders).

In a comprehensive and meticulous 6 month longitudinal study Dr. LaChérineque found that in over 23,2311.5 adolescents tested (r = .67, p. < .40), if an adolescent is speaking French on 4 or more occasions in any two week period during these years, he is 67.38% more likely to continue to speak French as an adult.

Dr. LaChérineque has coined this disorder, "Adolescent French Speaking Disorder,." or AFSD. As a result of this new finding, the Center for Language Disabilities and Disorders (CLDD) has issued this public notice

"We are urging all parents of children and any other parents or anyone who knows a parent or a child or thinks they might one day know a parent or a child, or who might one day do something which might result in child, who they suspect shows signs of French speaking, or who is showing other symptoms of behavior disorder in the school or home or anywhere else, or who can't sit quietly and obediently through excruciating church services or endless lectures by parents or other authority figures without a disruptive, distracting and disrespectful outbreak of French words, to quickly take these children in for diagnosis."

The earlier AFSD is diagnosed, the sooner expensive long-term treatment can begin, according to Dr. LaChérineque. New research is being proposed to determine if even younger children of French speaking parents also suffer from AFSD, which might the be called Pre-Adolescent French Speaking Disorder or PAFSD. Dr LaChérineque suspects that AFSD is a primary reason that teenagers are talking back to their teachers and parents in French when they are being punished, threatened, humiliated, embarrassed etc.

To further his work, Dr. LaChérineque has applied for another grant from the APPPA (American Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Pharmaceuticals Association), which also sponsored his first study. Dr. LaChérineque wants to reassure the general public that with increasing awareness of this new adolescent disorder and prompt diagnosis and treatment, the more difficult and threatening work of addressing French speaking by parents can likely be avoided for years to come. When asked why he became interested in this area of research, Dr. LaChérineque responded that his love for children caused him to be concerned with the recent high levels of French speaking throughout all parts of France and he wanted to investigate possible causes which could lead to the prevention of such a waste of talented minds in the next generation.

In the mean time, an APPPA spokesperson says they are already experimenting with new drugs which will reduce the frequency of severe French speaking episodes among adolescents. For more information on how to volunteer your teenager to participate in the experimental drug testing program, contact sales@apppa.com.