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Has American society gone too far when it comes to medicating our youth? In recent years millions of people in the US, mostly young children, have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Yet what exactly is being prescribed? What are the short and long term effects of these prescriptions? Are these so-called miracle drugs being over- prescribed? Or is it all a big conspiracy brought forward by
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Tannock R. (1998)."Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Advances in Cognitive, Nuroobiological, and Genetic Research." J Child Psychol Psychiatry; 39: 65-99
Internet Web Sites:
The ADD Warehouse - http://www.addwarehouse.com/index.htm
CHADD - http://www.chadd.org
Brandi Valentine's ADD Page - http://www.ns.net/~BrandiV/
WellnessWeb - http://wellweb.com
Kidshealth - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/adhdkid.html
ADHD - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.htm
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