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...making much sense of ADD either. Shortly after the disorder was first identified, a spin-off, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, or ADHD, was born. As an elementary school student in the mid-'80s, you may have encountered one or two children who had to take regular medication for hyperactivity. They were most likely taking Ritalin, the ADD and ADHD treatment of choice since the early days of the disorders...
This past summer, I worked as an instructor and residential adviser at a sleepaway camp for children aged nine through 12. I encountered many children who had been diagnosed with ADD and ADHD, most of whom were taking Ritalin. "Brad," as I will refer to him in this column, had been diagnosed with a particularly severe case of ADHD, and was correspondingly receiving heavy doses of medication, including Ritalin after breakfast and a sleep-inducing pill before...
...quadrupled in the past decade, and Ritalin use is five times higher in the United States than in any other country. Some medical experts are willing to go so far as to assert that one in every 20 children is ADD, with a significant number of those being ADHD...
Madras suggested in the study that the results are significant because they may potentially lead to better treatments for depression, cocaine addiction and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD...
...compounds, called tropoxane, recognized the dopamine transporter with higher potency then cocaine or Ritalin, a commonly-prescribed drug to treat ADHD...