Overuse of Prescription Stimulants for Children reported in new Duke Study
Overuse of Prescription Stimulants for Children reported in new Duke Study
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"While the American Academy of Peditricians and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists have asserted that stimulant medication (such as Ritalin®) is not over-prescribed in the United States, a recent study by a psychiatrist (Adrian Angold) and an epidemiologist (Jane Costello) at Duke University appeared in the August issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry that refutes these assertions and casts serious doubt on the widespread prescribing of stimulants like Ritalin® for children and adolescents."
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