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ADHD remains overdiagnosed, overtreated

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
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Since the advent of longer-acting ADHD drugs, the lines have decreased, but the number of children on medication continues to increase, says Haber, a developmental behavioral pediatrician at the Fort Worth Child Study Center. [...] “As many as 15 percent of our children and adolescents are receiving medical treatment for ADHD,” Haber says. “Many of them have ADHD and do much better on medication, but ADHD is massively overdiagnosed.”

Read the rest of the article on newer drugs approved for ADHD treatment. Hey, at least they found a way to reduce those long hallway Ritalin lines!


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 10 Jun 2004
    Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.

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Grohol, J. (2004). ADHD remains overdiagnosed, overtreated. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 25, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2004/06/10/adhd-remains-overdiagnosed-overtreated/

 

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