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Search results for "Ritalin" ...
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Parents, kids learn to handle disorder
Houser reports that the use of medications to combat hyperactivity disorders in children are on the rise. But he raises the question of whether or not medication is just a quick solution to a larger underlying problem. Houser uses statistics and studies to support that the idea that in the United States, hyperactivity disorder is over-diagnosed.
Tags: hyperactivity; ADHD; Ritalin
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Youth at Risk
The Great Falls Tribune's four-month, 13-part series of stories examines "the increasing number of teenagers with emotional or mental disorders, the reasons for their illnesses, and ways to make life less troubling for our teens."
Tags: teenagers; mental disorders; mental health care; troubled teens; Ritalin; hyperactivity; family dysfunction; Great Falls Juvenile Detention Center; child abuse
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Ritalin Roulette
The Chicago Sun-Times found that "deciding which children in the Chicago area are prescribed Ritalin has more to do with where people live than how great a child's need is, the first extensive analysis of state Schedule II narcotic prescription-monitoring data shows.
Tags: Chicago; children; Ritalin; Adderall; discrimination; prescriptions; drug use; Illinois prescription-monitoring program; database mapping project
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The Perils of Pills
The rapid increase of psychiatric medication on children could be due to hapazard treatment. Often general practitioners who lack experience in mental health are prescribing the drugs without sufficient knowledge or reasoning.
Tags: medicine; prescription drugs; ritalin; ADD; ADHD
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Rx for disaster
NBC looks at the nationwide abuse of Ritalin, a drug prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Disorder. Using hidden cameras, the investigating team finds out how easy it is to find the drug illegally. The story reveals that the abuse is common among children and teenagers in high-school and college. The problem "cuts across social lines," NBC reports. Children who are prescribed Ritalin are often pressured by their classmates and friends for their pills. The young addicts snort crushed pills to party and study better. Most are unaware of the harmful side effects and the risk of death from heart attack.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; children; teenagers; parents; health; safety; Ohio State University; University of Wisconsin; University of Texas; Indiana University; education; youth; prescription drug abuse
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Ritalin prescribed unevenly in U.S.
The Plain-Dealer compiled 1996 Census projections and data from the Drug Enforcement Administration showing the break down of Ritalin sold in grams in the nation's 3,141 counties. The results show that the use of and prescribing of Ritalin varies from state to state but also by region. The analysis found high Ritalin use in the Northeast and upper Midwest, and even disparities in use within Ohio. In Summit County, 3.6 percent are prescribed the drug, while in neighboring Holmes County only 0.37 are prescribed Ritalin, the lowest rate in Ohio. Attitudes and theories on Ritalin use vary with some believing children in cold, isolated areas might be more prone to use the drug, some think military families are more inclined to use it, others believe children and families with attention disorders "migrate" to resort areas where the drug is more readily available.
Tags: pharmaceuticals; DEA; Ritalin; children; CAR
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Druging our CHildren
Using the PharmaNet patient information database, reporter Ann Rees found that children, from infants to teenagers were receiving quite a bit of "mood" drugs including tranquilizers, stimulatns, uppers, downers, anti-depressants, anti-pshychotic mediations, Prozac, sedatives. The findings are based on data for all patients under the age of 20 in British Columbia.
Tags: Ritalin; pediatrics; prescriptions; psychiatric drug use; pediatric children; Paxil; Risperidone; CAR; FOI
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The Highs and Lows of Ritalin
"In the first undercover probe of its kind, Unit-5 exposed the increasing problem of Ritalin being illegally sold, even stolen and used as a party drug to get high. We also conducted the first computerized investigation of U.S. Food and Drug Administration records analyzing Ritalin side effects and related deaths."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Ritalin; drugs
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Doping Kids
Few people have noticed how many of the teens responsible for the recent school shootings were among the 6 million kids now on psychotropic drugs. Insight investigates the widespread use of prescription drugs like Ritalin, Prozox and Luvox. Attached is a story from the same magazine on violent video games.
Tags: Children; Mental Health