Last year, there were 39.5 million prescriptions written for ADHD medication. According to new information, children on these drugs do no better than those who are never given these stimulants.According to one researcher, 95% of parents who were asked to try behavioral interventions - rather than drugs for their kids, did so. Sadly, 75% of parents who were given prescriptions for their children, did not.The dramatic increase in the use stimulant drugs appears to have been based on some bad sci

They can be as young as 11 when they start sneaking into their parents’ medicine cabinet to snag some Xanax. Kids and adults who abuse prescription medications can get their supply from the homes of friends, grandparents and strangers. Nobody’s prescriptions are safe from sneaky hands, said Cmdr. Beth Jones, head of the youth and delinquency services division with the Collier County Sheriff’s ...

When I first began writing prescriptions for children 22 years ago, it was unusual for a child to be taking powerful psychiatric drugs. Today it's common. How did we get here? Dr. Joseph Biederman is part of the answer.

IS Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on the rise? A recent study published in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics found that from 2002 to 2005, the use of drugs to treat ADHD in kids skyrocketed. Prescriptions written for...

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