Impulsivity, Rewards and Ritalin: Monkey Study Shows Tighter Link

Published December 5, 2013

Impulsivity, Rewards and Ritalin: Monkey Study Shows Tighter Link
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By teasing apart one characteristic of ADHD, the study could help refine drug or behavioral treatments of a disability that has grown 16 percent more common just since 2007, Populin says. Share this story on Facebook, Twitter, and Google: Other social … Read more on Science Daily (press release)

Hypocrisy About Drugs
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Coffee, cigarettes, Prozac, weed, Viagra, steroids, Ritalin, cocaine and alcohol are just a sample of the drugs that people take to get through the day. If most people in our society are using drugs, why do we allow our fellow citizens to be locked … Read more on New York Times

Surge in ADHD diagnoses gets a red flag
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The analysis noted that Ritalin and other drugs were meant to be used only for "severe" ADHD symptoms, which according to research data only occur among about 14 percent of children with the condition. Yet "about 87 percent of children diagnosed with … Read more on GlobalPost