Word: ritalin
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...plastered on his face. Yelchin clearly has talent but is given little to work with: no amount of acting can give Charlie a sense of depth. The implausibility of Charlie’s character is matched only by the illogical leaps of the plot. After his psychiatrist prescribes him Ritalin to remedy his “concentration problem,” Charlie is struck by an ingenious idea: create his own psychiatric practice in the stalls of the boys’ bathroom. The way in which he obtains the necessary drugs—memorizing textbook symptoms, then rattling them...
...meantime, scientists caution that the news that children with ADHD appear to follow normal brain-development patterns, albeit a few years behind their peers, should not be taken as an O.K. to throw away their Ritalin. To the contrary, one of the study's co-authors, Dr. Judith Rapoport of the National Institute of Mental Health, says another study the team just submitted for publication (but which has yet to be peer-reviewed) suggests that in a few key areas of the brain that relate to attention and focus, kids with ADHD hew more closely to typical development trajectories only...
...identify why ADHD causes the brain to develop slower and how kids can get better sooner, Shaw says it won't help doctors diagnose the disorder today. ADHD diagnoses still have to made through clinical evaluations, and for now, treatment still means the widely used psycho-stimulant drugs, like Ritalin, and behavioral therapy...
However, every day should not be filled with caffeinated hijink; but I started drinking early the very next day. I had hoped my new friend would give me a confidence boost alongside the promised energy rush. Instead, I fidgeted like I had forgot my morning Ritalin. Inevitably my caffeinated jolt ended...
Hoover was a difficult dog. Bassets are genetically narcoleptic, but ours made a case for canine Ritalin. He careered around the apartment possessed by a long-eared, drooling demon. He practiced situational bladder control on our cherry-wood parquet floors. He grew into 60 lbs. of torso with 3-in. stubs for legs, yet he could do a dead leap off the kitchen floor to swipe a pizza off the counter. Plus he bayed--a siren of woo-woos that endeared us to our condominium neighbors. But after every misdeed, he would turn his googly-eyed gaze...