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Technique May Predict Which Children Ritalin Will Help
March 28, 2000 (Ithaca, N.Y.) -- A new brain-monitoring method may be able to predict which children with ADHD will benefit from Ritalin (methylphenidate) -- and which won't. Researcher Perry F. Renshaw, MD, and colleagues say that children with the "hyperactivity" type of attention deficit disorder
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Only 50% of Children Get Suggested ADHD Care
Feb. 22, 2000 (Lake Worth, Fla.) -- Only 50% of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) receive care that corresponds to the guidelines of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) or the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a study finds. The s
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America's Melting Pot and Treatment of ADHD
Jan. 24, 2000 (Los Angeles) -- Treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more effective when doctors take their patients' ethnic or cultural backgrounds into account, according to a paper in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In his per
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Turning ADHD on Its Head
Dec. 28, 1999 (Indianapolis) -- In many respects, 1999 challenged almost everything we "knew" about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The year brought about the release of the first major study giving guidance on how to treat the disorder. It was also the year when brain scans gave an
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Certain Behaviors in ADHD May Increase Risk of Early Drug Use
Dec. 22, 1999 (Atlanta) -- In children with certain external behavior problems, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the risk of early drug use, according to a report in November's Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Experts say the findings have
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Medication More Effective Than Therapy Alone in Treating ADHD
Dec. 14, 1999 (New York) -- Reporting data from the largest clinical trial comparing treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers said Tuesday that they have answered the "two major questions that have burdened the field" of ADHD. In the largest treatment study of chil
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FDA Approves New Extended-Release Ritalin
Dec. 6, 1999 (Atlanta) -- The FDA has approved an extended-release form of Ritalin (methylphenidate) that may remove the need for midday dosing in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It will be marketed under the name Metadate. The 10 mg dose will "offer physicians more flex
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Trouble Concentrating? A Patch on the Arm Could Help
Dec. 2, 1999 (New York) -- The nicotine patch -- workhorse of the stop-smoking movement -- may have earned a new job title. The patch may also provide an alternative to Ritalin in treating disorganized, distracted, forgetful adults who have moderate symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disord
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Single Daily Dose of Adderall May Work as Well as Two Ritalin Doses for Children With ADHD
If further studies produce the same results as those published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Adderall may become the first-choice ADHD medication for school-age children, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation ADHD Center suggest
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ADHD in Girls May Often Go Undiagnosed
Nov. 16, 1999 (Los Angeles) -- ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, may be more common in adolescent girls than was previously thought. It frequently goes undiagnosed because girls with ADHD are less likely to behave disruptively -- the most commonly recognizable sign of ADHD -- than b
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