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ADHD Medication

French-Canadian Film maker Paul Arcand’s new film, Québec sur ordonnance, looks at the overuse of prescription drugs such as Ritalin

An antioxidant plant extract called Pycnogenol from the bark of a French pine tree may calm children with ADHD.

The American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry have a new guide about ADHD.

Ritalin back on the menu after generic alternative Rubifen causes side effects.

Much abused Ritalin may be dropped as a treatment for depression.

ADHD diagnosis, meds aren’t best solution

New ADHD drug Vyvanse’s market share at 2.4 percent of total prescriptions after eight weeks on the market rather less than hoped.

ADHD

Hyperactivity affects the children from poorest families the most.

ADHD Preschool Children Likely to Improve with Behavioral Therapy

Health problems and dietary deficiencies are being mislabelled as behavioural problems in New Zealand schools.

Video Games Helping Kids with ADHD

Many children diagnosed with ADHD are actually sleep deprived.

Non-medicinal interventions help prevent behavioral and academic problems associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Autism

Possible link between pesticides and autism.

Autism linked to genetic mutations and mother’s age.

Shock treatment for Autism

Parents Duped by Junk Science on Autism, Says Doctor