Study of stimulant therapy raises concerns.(children and stimulants)(Brief Article)

Science News | July 29, 2000| | Copyright

The first long-term effort to track stimulant therapy in a large population of children has generated disturbing results. In particular, the North Carolina-based study finds that most 9-to-16-year-olds receiving Ritalin or other stimulants don't exhibit attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the only condition for which such drugs are approved.

More encouraging, about 3 of 4 kids who were diagnosed with ADHD on the basis of parents' behavioral reports received stimulants, says a team led by psychiatric epidemiologist Adrian Angold of Duke University ...

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