PRINTABLE PAGE Toddlers Prescribed Drugs For Behavior By Kathryn ShineOriginally published in The Age, February 18, 2001 Doctors are prescribing stimulants and antidepressants to children as young as three, a survey has confirmed. The survey of Australian paediatricians and child…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Controversies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD: One Doctor’s Perspective By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.Originally published at Healthology.com, August 20, 2001 I’ve practiced behavioral pediatrics in an affluent San Francisco suburb for over twenty years. In that…
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PRINTABLE PAGE U.S. Backpedals on Drug-Testing Rule for Kids Says it will force companies to conduct clinical trials By John Dillon, HealthScoutNews ReporterOriginally published by HealthScoutNews, April 19, 2002 The Bush administration reversed course today and announced that it would…
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PRINTABLE PAGE High Rate of Ritalin Use Brings Call for Action By Elizabeth SimpsonOriginally published in The Virginian-Pilot, November 16, 2001 NORFOLK — Legislators and school officials responded with calls for action Thursday after hearing that Hampton Roads cities have…
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PRINTABLE PAGE ADHD Diagnosed in up to 10% of North Carolina Children Originally published by Reuters Health, February 8, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — As many as 10% of North Carolina school children have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Good Behavior in a Pill First of three parts By Lisa Popyk, Post contributorOriginally published in The Cincinnati Post, April 15, 2000 They line up in schools across the tri-state—tots still learning to print their names—waiting for their…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Kids’ Meds Overprescribed? Drugs not the only treatment for ADHD, experts say By Peter J. Wasson and Keith UhligOriginally published in the Marshfield News-Herald, November 11, 2001 John Pawelski has taken drugs for more than three-quarters of his…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Foster Workers Can’t OK Kids’ Pills Only parent, judge can approve use, agency decides By Carol Marbin MillerOriginally published in The Miami Herald, May 1, 2001 State child welfare workers have been forbidden to approve psychiatric drugs for…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Diagnosis, Treatment of ADHD in Very Young Children May Be Inappropriate Originally published by Reuters Health, October 22, 1999 WESTPORT, Oct 22 (Reuters Health) — Children age three and under are being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ritalin Decision Agonizing Second of three parts By Lisa Popyk, Post contributorOriginally published in The Cincinnati Post, April 15, 2000 Tyler Malicoat calls them his “be-good” pills. Small white tablets that turn him into the nicer, smarter, more…